Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator · Oregon · Democratic · 22 claims currently stored

Serving in office Scheduled research active Main board

Support and work to pass legislation to update and expand Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for seniors and Americans with disabilities, including increasing income disregard amounts, updating asset limits to $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for couples indexed to inflation, increasing the benefit rate to 100% of the federal poverty level, repealing the marriage penalty, repealing penalties for in-kind support, resource transfers, state taxes, and tribal benefits, streamlining lump-sum and back payments, and extending the program to the U.S. territories.

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Support and work to pass the DISCLOSE Act, which would require organizations spending more than $10,000 on elections or judicial nominations to promptly disclose donors, shut down transfers between organizations to mask contributor identities, strengthen prohibitions against foreign election spending, prohibit establishment of corporations to conceal foreign contributions, expand 'stand by your ad' disclosure requirements to online and issue ads, and require identification of top funders for outside groups in political ads.

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Support and work to pass legislation that would ban prediction market betting on elections, government actions (across all branches unless there’s a commercial hedging need), sports, and U.S. or foreign military actions; clarify congressional intent that these markets are against the Commodity Exchange Act; require the CFTC to enforce and prevent non-hedging markets; ensure state gambling laws are not preempted; and require a GAO study on prediction markets, insider trading, impact on children, offshore illegal betting, and future Congressional actions to regulate such markets.

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