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Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Budget
Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon who has served in the Senate since January 2009. The Biographical Directory records earlier work as a government analyst and nonprofit executive and service in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as speaker from 2007 to 2008.
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Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon who has served in the Senate since January 2009. The Biographical Directory records earlier work as a government analyst and nonprofit executive and service in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as speaker from 2007 to 2008.
Open biography & office record ↓Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon who has served in the Senate since January 2009. The Biographical Directory records earlier work as a government analyst and nonprofit executive and service in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as speaker from 2007 to 2008.
Current Senate committee records place Merkley on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Rules and Administration. Senate records identify him as ranking member of the Budget Committee and ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
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