The senator’s marathon speech, according to The Hill, temporarily paralyzed Senate business as he denounced what he described as the president’s authoritarian overreach during his first nine months back in office.
Progressive Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held the Senate floor overnight and into Wednesday morning to protest what he called President Donald Trump’s “grave threats to democracy.”
Merkley, 68, began speaking shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and was st… [2728 chars]
Source: Newsmax | Published: 2025-10-22T13:18:07Z
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