PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is leading an effort to demand the Congressional Budget Office investigate the cost of the Trump administration's decision to deploy National Guard troops to cities across the U.S.

Merkley and 10 other Democratic senators, including Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, sent a letter to CBO Director Phillip Swagel on Monday. The senators are asking the CBO to analyze the costs of activating, deploying and compensating National Guard members, along with the cost to sustain and maintain the deployments.

"Deploying federalized National Guard units for domestic security operations marks a significant departure from long-standing practice. It also carries substantial cost implications that have not been publicly disclosed or formally justified to Cong

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