He ended his speech at 5 p.m. It lasted 22 hours and 36 minutes, falling short of fellow Democratic Sen. Cory Booker's record of 25 hours and 5 minutes earlier this year. But he did beat the record ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joins Morning Joe for his first national interview since his marathon 22 hours and 37 minutes speech on the Senate floor in protest of what he described as President Donald ...

Washington — Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor that stretched 22 hours and 37 minutes across Tuesday and Wednesday, protesting President Trump's ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon after 22 hours of a marathon speech protesting what his office calls "the Trump Administration’s ...

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 railed against the Trump administration for its deportation efforts, ...