Senator Merkley Statement on Failed Transportation Vote

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2015.  Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after he and a bipartisan majority of Senators voted against an attempt to bring a 1,000 page transportation bill to the floor less than an hour after it had been released:

“After months of stalling on putting forward a solution to a looming transportation crisis, it’s unacceptable to suddenly force a vote on 1,000 page legislation with no time for Senators to…