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Jeff Merkley's latest TV ad again links incumbent Gordon Smith with President Bush:

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley released a new ad Monday accusing U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) of voting with oil companies and big oil interests, as well as touting Merkley’s record of helping the middle class.

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U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) expressed disappointment in the Senate’s passage of bailout legislation for Wall Street Wednesday night, and responded to U.S Sen. Gordon Smith’s (R-Pendleton) vote by accusing him of being a part of the problem.

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) released a new campaign ad Monday laying out his position on abortion and accusing U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) of siding with President Bush on working to take away a woman’s choice.

A spokesman for U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) said Friday that U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) needs to redirect his frustration at Merkley’s recent ads toward his own policies that allowed for the deregulation of Wall Street.

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) released a campaign ad Thursday that hounds Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) for not making up his mind on a $700 billion proposal to bail out Wall Street firms.

PORTLAND—U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) blasted U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) on Tuesday for not taking a stronger stand against the efforts of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and President George W. Bush to push through a bailout package for Wall Street’s mortgage firms.

U.S. Sen. Gordon SmithU.S. Sen. Gordon Smith said Monday he would not support a bailout package for Wall Street without provisions in there for taxpayers and homeowners.

Following last week's turbulence in the nation's financial sector, President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had been calling for a swift bailout package, but Smith bucked the president and said he would not support any package that did not help American homeowners that had also been hurt in the crisis.

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