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Jeff Merkley loves to raise taxes. While in the Oregon legislature, Jeff Merkley voted to raise taxes nine times. He voted for higher fees three times and he voted against tax relief 18 times. And Merkley cosponsored legislation to increase taxes.
At a time when Oregon faced more than a billion dollar budget shortfall, Jeff Merkley voted to build a parking garage and spend nearly $200 million for construction and renovation of state offices and facilities.
Oregon is the number one lumber producing state in the U.S. -- and 85,000 people are employed in the states timber industry.2 But Jeff Merkley voted against a plan that aimed to expand logging in Oregon.
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