Senator Jeff Merkley (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Mary; 2 Children: Jonathan, Brynne
Birth date: 10/24/1956
Birthplace: Eugene, OR
Home City: Portland OR
Religion: Christian

Profession

Former National Security Analyst, Congressional Budget Office Former Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, Portland Former Director of Housing Development, Human Solutions Former National Security Analyst, United States Congress Former President, World Affairs Council of Oregon

Education

MA, Princeton University, 1982 BA, Stanford University, 1979

Committees

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Environment and Public Works
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Subcommittee on Children and Families
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Economic Policy
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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