One of Oregon s U.S. senators, Jeff Merkley, is introducing two new bills this week aimed at making home ownership easier for middle- and working-class families.
The availability of single-family homes to individual buyers is a fundamental equality issue and key to maintaining the American dream for all citizens.
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on to other issues. moving on, that s the private sentiment i keep hearing from republicans. notably, i already heard a trump surrogate tonight say let s call this what it is, a mitch mcconnell failure. he s been lying to members of his own caucus. surrogates usually don t talk that way by accident. vivian, i know you know the following, but we want to take a moment before we talk and remind you and our audience that in light of today s kind of dark wording from the white house, some presidents have used the white house and their job to cheer on the american people who exhort the american people to be their best selves. that s why today was such a contrast. we ll watch this and talk on the other side. we believe in social security. we believe in work for the unemployed. we believe in saving homes. cross our hearts and hope to die.