Merkley wraps up marathon Senate floor speech after more than 22 hours

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) concluded his marathon code Wednesday afternoon, having held the level for 22 hours and 39 minutes to obstruction against “grave threats” presented by President Trump. Merkley, a three-term senator, began speaking soon earlier 6:30 p.m. EDT connected Tuesday and ended astatine 5 p.m. connected Wednesday, the 22nd time of the government…