Less than two days after issuing an order to freeze funding on federal assistance that pays for health and child care, the Trump Administration is rescinding

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells reporters at a weekly news conference the morning after an Office of Management and Budget memo pausing federal grants and other funding that Senate Democrats would stand in the way of the sweeping power grab,

Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday.A f

Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, is still awaiting her confirmation hearing. Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican, served one term in Congress representing Oregon's 5th District, was defeated in November's election by Democrat Janelle Bynum. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley expressed his support for Chavez-DeRemer's confirmation.

With a Republican majority in the Senate, most of President Trump's Cabinet nominees are expected to sail through. And though Oregon's two Democratic senators have concerns over some nominees' qualifications,

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Engaged citizens packed McDaniel High School in Portland Sunday afternoon for a town hall with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Maxine Dexter and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson.

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

OREGON -- Over $1.4 million is coming to Oregon, in order to help homeless veterans secure affordable housing. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden made the announcement of $1,449,067 in funding on Tuesday. As the funding will come from federal housing assistance.

U.S. Senators for Oregon, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are slamming the Trump Administration’s announcement to freeze federal funding. Senator Ron Wyden took to social media Tuesday morning, writing “Trump doesn’t care if the economy crashes and communities suffer.

As the strike by Providence nurses and doctors enters its third week, members of Oregon's congressional delegation urged both sides to get back to the bargaining table and work out a deal.