Oregon

On the record

• IsraelVoted

  On April 15, 2026, voted yes on a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 32, a joint resolution of disapproval of a proposed foreign military sale of defense articles and services to the government of Israel. The motion was rejected.

  Roll call: U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 2nd Session (Vote 80), U.S. Senate, April 15, 2026

• ICESaid

  On October 9, 2026, after an unannounced oversight visit with two Oregon House members to the ICE processing facility in Portland, following reports that attorneys had been denied access to detained clients, he said ICE and Border Patrol agents were "trampling civil rights" and "denying due process."

  "ICE and Border Patrol agents are terrorizing our friends and neighbors"

  Dexter, Bonamici, Merkley Conduct Unannounced Oversight Visit to Portland ICE Facility After Reports of Denied Access to Legal Counsel, Office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, October 9, 2026

• The Trump administrationSaid

  In an October 18, 2026 campaign post, he said President Trump had not delivered the relief he promised working Americans, citing housing, grocery, energy and health care costs.

  "He promised to provide relief for working Americans, and all he's done is make it super hard for everyone who isn't rich to get by."

  $4,700 more, Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate (campaign site), October 18, 2026

• Where they want the country to goSaid

  In an October 4, 2026 campaign post thanking donors, he said the campaign is working to retake a Democratic Senate majority and described what he wants that majority to do.

  "That majority is what can stand between our democracy and authoritarianism, and between families and the policies that would take away their rights, their health care, and their economic opportunity."

  Thank you for your support in my Race to Save the Senate, Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate (campaign site), October 4, 2026

• Foreign policySaid

  In an October 10, 2026 campaign post on the U.S. war with Iran, he said the power to declare war belongs to Congress and that he will keep voting for war powers resolutions to end the conflict.

  "I'm absolutely committed to ending Trump's illegal, misguided, and hugely destructive war of choice."

  Trump's reckless war in Iran, Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate (campaign site), October 10, 2026

• Democracy and electionsSaid

  On September 14, 2026, he joined 261 current and former members of Congress in a Supreme Court brief challenging a Postal Service rule, issued under a Trump executive order, that restricts mail-in voting.

  "Trump doesn’t have unilateral authority to rewrite the rules for voting"

  Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting, Office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, September 14, 2026

• Health careVoted

  On December 11, 2025, voted yes on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3385, a bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credit. The motion was rejected.

  Roll call: U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session (Vote 644), U.S. Senate, December 11, 2025

• Trade and tariffsVoted

  On October 30, 2025, voted yes on S.J.Res. 88, a joint resolution to end the national emergency the president declared to impose global tariffs. The resolution passed the Senate.

  Roll call: U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session (Vote 600), U.S. Senate, October 30, 2025