Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long and into the evening on Oct. 22 to protest the Trump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merkley, 68, began speaking at 6:21 p.m. on Tuesday and continued until 4:58 p.m. Wednesday. Over the course of the speech, he ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley gave a marathon floor speech overnight to draw attention to the “authoritarianism” of President Donald Trump’s policies. The Oregon Democrat spoke for 22 hours and 37 minutes, ...

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley held the Senate floor this week with a historically long speech to protest President Donald Trump – and what he sees as the administration’s threats to democracy. Around 5 ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats sprinkled ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., passed the 14-hour mark Wednesday morning in his filibuster speech on the "grave threats to democracy" he said President Donald Trump poses. Merkley began ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering ...