Add a marathon Senate floor protest to the paralysis gripping Washington as a partial government shutdown enters its fourth week.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., pulled an all-nighter on the Senate floor that began early Tuesday evening, putting floor business on hold while railing against President Donald Trump and his agenda.

The marathon speech, which began not long after 6 p.m., had lasted for more than 17 hours and was still proceeding at midday Wednesday. While more Democrats have joined Merkley on the floor in recent hours to lend their support, the Oregonian waged a lonely overnight crusade against the Trump administration.

Among his targets were the president’s “big, beautiful bill” featuring major tax and spending cuts, the immigration enforcement crackdown, and the deployment of t

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