Ron Wyden
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) holds a news conference to propose new campaign finance legislation at the U.S. Capitol April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Murkowski and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said the new legislation would address the many loopholes created for anonymous political money in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
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Based upon my conversations with DOE it is my expectation that the department will use that process to assess the market impacts of each export decision after it is announced, to ensure American consumers are not harmed by large-scale exports
there should have been a provision to make it tougher for lobbyists to try to unravel (the reforms) after they got enacted. And frankly this time ... once we really do have tax reform that helps to grow the economy and create more opportunities for the middle class, let’s make sure that we do what wasn’t done in 1986, and that’s make it tougher for the lobbyists to unravel it.
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Dredge funding included in bill
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, State Sen. Jeff Kruse and representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Gov. John Kitzhaber’s offices. Most of them agreed there are things they might be able to do to help the ports, including making 5/17/13 from Curry Coastal Pilot Read more »
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U.S. Sen. William 'Mo' Cowan among voices calling for confirmation of Massachusetts native Ernest Moniz for energy secretary
GOP lawmakers said the budget proposal jeopardized a plant being built at South Carolina's Savannah River nuclear site. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, called Moniz smart, savvy and solution-oriented. U.S. Sen. William "Mo" from MassLive.com Read more »
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New Joe Conason for 05/16/2013
president. Having served in Congress for more than three decades — and in the upper chamber since 1996 — Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden has established a reputation as one of the Senate's more serious and diligent members. Over the years on Capitol Hill, he has from Creators Syndicate Read more »
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Wyden’s forest quest
the end of May, Sen. Ron Wyden hopes to deliver the holy grail of public-lands forestry in Western Oregon — a plan that appeases both the timber industry and environmentalists and that, as Wyden puts it, “can pass the Senate and the House and actually get from The Register Guard Read more »
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Wyden vows to push for firefighting help
senator from Oregon, in a visit to Medford Friday, says he's aware conditions point to severe season U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks Friday in a conference room of the joint U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Medford.Julia from Mail Tribune Read more »
