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Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon. He was elected in 2008. Merkley won his first campaign for the Oregon Legislature as a representative in 1998. He was elected Democratic leader in 2003 and speaker of the House in 2007. He studied international relations at Stanford University and earned a graduate degree in public policy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Jeff Merkley

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Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 11, 2018 an MSNBC interview
Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2018
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 7, 2014 a roundtable discussion with senior citizens
"Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • September 8, 2014
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 an economic issues statement
"I co-sponsored the Rebuild America Jobs Act" for transportation and infrastructure.
False
By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on May 28, 2014 an interview
"400,000 Oregonians have gained access to health care" through the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Dana Tims • May 30, 2014
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on December 4, 2013 a talk to the Human Services Coalition of Oregon
"60 percent of the jobs lost in the 2008 recession were living-wage jobs. Of the jobs we’ve gotten back, only 40 percent are living-wage."
True
By Dana Tims • December 20, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 4, 2013 a newspaper article.
Says the Affordable Care Act has already reduced the number of uninsured in Oregon by 10 percent.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 13, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 11, 2013 an opinion article
Says "in Oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000."
Mostly True
By Yuxing Zheng • August 10, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on February 7, 2013 a press call
Says, "Since 1994 when VAWA was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent."
True
By Charles Pope • February 11, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release
Says, "Less than half of all states have legal protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, despite the fact that LGBT Americans report employment discrimination and unemployment at much higher rates than the U.S. average."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 18, 2012
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 30, 2011 in a press release
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
True
By Janie Har • December 23, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 3, 2011 letter to a constituent
Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • August 19, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on March 4, 2011 a letter to President Barack Obama
Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • March 12, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 17, 2010 a fundraising letter
Says Scott Bruun supports allowing corporations to secretly funnel millions of dollars to front groups to finance attack ads. 
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 27, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Jeff Merkley

Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 a television ad
Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."
False
By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on May 21, 2014 a campaign news release
"Jeff Merkley was the deciding vote on Obamacare, which in Oregon has been an unmitigated disaster."
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By Dana Tims • May 23, 2014
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