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Fighting for an economy that puts workers and families first. The latest news from Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Merkley and Senate Budget Committee Dems.

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The Trump Administration’s Reckless War in Iran Has Already Cost More Than $5 Billion The Trump administration has launched a reckless war of choice in the Middle East, which has already imposed an estimated cost of more than $5 billion on the American taxpayer.

Trump’s unauthorized war has already run up a $5 BILLION bill. That money could fund any number of programs Americans care about but it’s being carelessly wasted by this Administration to wage a war of choice.

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

09.03.2026 15:11 👍 23 🔁 17 💬 3 📌 0
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Pre-Trump, the economy was averaging 328,000 new jobs EVERY MONTH. But just last month the U.S. LOST 92,000 jobs.

Trump's "roaring" economy is nowhere to be found.

07.03.2026 19:23 👍 11 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1

Fund health care and housing, not wars.

06.03.2026 17:04 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Families are already struggling with the cost of groceries and utilities, and now Trump is making gas more expensive because of his war in Iran.

Every action Trump takes from his illegal tariffs to his illegal war is making it harder and harder for people to get by.

05.03.2026 20:48 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

BREAKING: I tried to pass a bill to pay TSA agents and fund FEMA as Democrats push for common sense reforms to protect Americans from being killed by untrained and masked DHS agents.

Guess what? Republicans BLOCKED it.

05.03.2026 19:01 👍 332 🔁 120 💬 26 📌 3
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Weapons makers cash in on Trump's Iran war Big Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman saw billions added to their market value

Billion-dollar defense contractors make a fortune from Trump’s illegal war with Iran while families at home struggle to afford food and health care.

This is Trump’s America.
responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-wea...

05.03.2026 14:43 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

New Congressional Dem report shows that the GOP's Big Ugly Bill is going to benefit Big Oil to the tune of *$3.5 billion a year*.

Kinda makes those campaign contributions look like pocket change, no?

26.02.2026 21:09 👍 198 🔁 67 💬 4 📌 1
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@merkley.senate.gov with the support of @lcv.org, @sierraclub.org, @oilchange.bsky.social, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, @foodandwater.bsky.social, @foeus.bsky.social is exposing how Trump’s Fossil Fuel graft drives up energy costs and destroys our planet.

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

26.02.2026 21:57 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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🛢️In 2024, Trump told Big Oil execs he'd protect their interests if they spent $1 BILLION to elect him. Now, he's upheld his end of the deal.

New @senatebudget.bsky.social report details how Trump gave Fossil Fuel companies a $3.5 BILLION *annual* tax cut to continue polluting our planet.

26.02.2026 21:57 👍 26 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 3
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Merkley Statement on CBO Long Term Budget Outlook | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

25.02.2026 19:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨NOT GOOD: Nonpartisan CBO confirms Trump’s policies, including Republicans' Big, Ugly Bill championed during last night’s State of the Union, will DRIVE UP the debt significantly—raising America's debt-to-GDP ratio to 175% of GDP by 2056.

25.02.2026 19:24 👍 19 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 2
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Merkley Demands Independent Probe of Funds Used by ICE, CBP to Carry Out Trump’s Cruel Immigration Enforcement | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

25.02.2026 18:17 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@merkley.senate.gov is calling for CBO to probe the cost of Trump’s violent escalation of federal immigration enforcement.

Last year, Republicans approved a dramatic increase in DHS funding, yet there is no comprehensive accounting of how these funds are being spent.

25.02.2026 18:17 👍 40 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 0

Pre-Trump, the economy was averaging 328,000 new jobs EVERY MONTH. But last year, the U.S. only added 181,000 jobs TOTAL.

Trump isn’t lowering costs OR growing the job market.

25.02.2026 03:38 👍 40 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.

Brought to you by the Trump Administration.

25.02.2026 03:30 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Let’s be clear: Trump’s Big, Ugly Betrayal was one of the largest transfers of wealth from working people to wealthy people in a single bill in our nation’s history.

It’s nothing to celebrate.

25.02.2026 03:27 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump’s Big, Ugly Betrayal added $4.7 TRILLION to the debt with just one single bill.

This Administration is anything BUT fiscally responsible.

25.02.2026 03:26 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
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Trump has made the State of our Union weaker.

He owes the American people an apology for this families lose, billionaires win agenda.

24.02.2026 23:59 👍 32 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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Trump has turned the U.S. government into a griftocracy, pocketing BILLIONS while cutting health care and SNAP.

“When the aim of government shifts from public good to private gain, its constitution becomes an empty shell. The government is no longer for the people.”

- Aristotle

24.02.2026 17:20 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump and Hegseth can’t even justify their $1.5 TRILLION defense budget ask—a staggering $500 BILLION INCREASE.

Congress should flat-out reject it.
 
An unserious request like this invites waste and abuse, and risks blowing up the bipartisan appropriations process altogether.

24.02.2026 14:55 👍 13 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Health Insurance Is Now More Expensive Than the Mortgage for These Americans Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare

Trump slashed health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires and Americans are feeling the pain.

Millions are set to lose health coverage or pay exponentially higher prices for the same care.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...

23.02.2026 18:37 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Merkley Applauds Supreme Court Ruling to Overturn Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Policy | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

🚨TRUMP’S RECKLESS TARIFFS OVERTURNED: Today is a win for farmers, small businesses, and hardworking, middle-class families across the country who’ve been footing the bill for Trump’s chaotic tariffs.

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

20.02.2026 16:15 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
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@merkley.senate.gov is asking the question Trump and Republicans won’t answer.

18.02.2026 20:00 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
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Pre-Trump, the economy was averaging 328,000 new jobs EVERY MONTH. But last year the U.S. only added 181,000 jobs TOTAL.

If Trump isn’t lowering costs or growing the job market, what exactly is he doing?

17.02.2026 14:00 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
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Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers

Trump just made it easier to fire experts, silence whistleblowers, and replace nonpartisan public servants with loyalist hacks.

No doubt this will weaken the programs that working Americans rely on most. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

12.02.2026 15:07 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.

Trump promised to lower costs on Day One.

Instead, he cost you $1,000 last year.

11.02.2026 15:07 👍 91 🔁 31 💬 10 📌 4
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Republicans claim "fiscally responsibility" when they cut programs working families rely on, but when it comes to wealthy donors wanting tax breaks—$4.7 TRILLION in new debt is no problem for them!

See the fallout from Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill for yourself:

11.02.2026 19:20 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Ranking Member Merkley Statement on CBO Baseline | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

🚨 NEW: CBO's 10-Year Economic Outlook confirms Trump and Republicans spent the past year making it hard for working families to get ahead while adding trillions of dollars to our national debt.

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

11.02.2026 15:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A Federal Worker Developed A Brain Tumor. The Trump Admin's Next Move Was Unspeakably Cruel. Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency.

There is no low that Trump and Russ Vought won't stoop to when it comes to degrading and afflicting federal workers. 

Denying disability insurance to a single mother dealing with a brain tumor is just cruel.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russel...

10.02.2026 13:50 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 0

Trump spent $589 MILLION+ deploying the National Guard to our cities and $0 to extend health care tax credits for working families.

According to Trump, there's enough money for everything just none to help YOU.

09.02.2026 15:36 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0