Merkley, Balint look to block funding for Trump transgender orders

Cards in deck: Trump keeps stack of orders ready to play as needed

Trump has a large stack of executive orders prepared and ready — some written before he took office — that he can release whenever the mood strikes.

Merkley, Balint look to block funding for Trump transgender orders

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) are seeking to block funding for President Trump’s executive orders that affect the transgender community via a new bill.

Merkley leads bill protecting LGBTQ from 'hateful' Trump policies

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In an effort to protect the LGBTQ+ community from "hateful" policies under the Trump administration, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is leading a bill, that he says, will counter anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders. The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act, which Merkley introduced alongside Congresswoman Becca Balint (D-VT), would ensure that executive orders targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other America…