Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. ... More »
Rand Paul Does Not Go Quietly Into the Night
Mr. Paul soldiered ahead, before again receiving some help, from an unlikely source — Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon. Mr. Wyden said that while he had voted in favor of Mr. Brennan’s nomination on Tuesday at a Senate Intelligence Committee meeting and planned to vote for ... Read more »
Senate panel delays CIA nominee Brennan's confirmation vote
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a key committee Democrat who had indicated earlier his preference that the vote not be held until the administration made additional disclosures, said late on Wednesday he was still not satisfied with what the White House had provided. "Americans have a right ... Read more »
Hanford leaks: Senator Wyden Calls for Investigation.
The new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR) today called for an investigation into the leaks. He wants to know how long the Energy Dept has known about them and if they and their contractors have reported them properly. This is not a small ... Read more »
Sen. Wyden's Proposal Will Kill NIH-Pharma Collaboration
Ron Wyden in an open letter sent to current NIH Director, Francis Collins, has urged the NIH to reexamine its policies to protect the interest of taxpayers. Here are a few excerpts from this letter. “Scientific advances rarely happen overnight or as the result of any single agreement – ... Read more »
Top U.S. Lawmakers Back Mobile Phone Unlocking Bills
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) was first out of the gate with a bill, following an online White House petition protesting the ban that drew more than 100,000 signatures. Wyden’s bill, called the “ Wireless Device Independence Act ,” would amend the DMCA’s “anti-circumvention” provision ... Read more »
States try to tackle 'secret money' in politics
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have unveiled a bipartisan disclosure bill. (Chip Somodevilla, AFP/Getty Images / May 2, 2013) By Matea Gold, Chris Megerian and Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Early last month, state lawyers and election ... Read more »
Obamacare and the plight of part-time employees
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of co-sponsors proposed a way to do that in 2009, but their Healthy Americans Act never got much traction during the healthcare reform debate. It faced too much resistance on both sides of the aisle, with Republicans opposing its requirement ... Read more »
TurboTax Maker Funnels Millions To Lobby Against Easier Tax Returns
“If you don’t trust the government, you don’t have to do it.” [PDF] Moreover, Senator Ron Wyden (CrunchGov Grade: A) introduced a bi-partisan tax-reform bill in 2011 with a return-free file plan. Wyden and Lofgren rarely stand in opposition on tech issues, which makes opposition ... Read more »
Rand Paul’s #filiblizzard filibuster – CNN Political Ticker
At just over four hours, the filibuster took an interesting twist when a Democratic senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, came to the floor to assist and make the stand-off a bipartisan effort. It's important to note that the drone controversy is one of the few issues where the far right and the ... Read more »
Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
" A senior Democrat, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, said he still had concerns about the use of drone aircraft to carry out targeted killings of terror suspects, a practice that expanded dramatically during Brennan's last four years as President Obama's chief counter-terrorism advisor. “The ... Read more »
White House gives Senate more info on drones
Three other key members of the panel, Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, and Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said they were satisfied with the White House cooperation. "We are pleased that we now have the access that we have long sought and need to conduct the ... Read more »
Senate Battles Over Online Sales Tax
It's not voluntary, it's coercive," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), an opponent, told The Huffington Post. Oregon has no sales tax. "And when you look around the country at a number of instances, the online sector would be required to do things that brick and mortar businesses would not. It ... Read more »
Max Baucus Retires: Senator's Exit Could Cause Accelerated Push Toward Successful Tax Reform
That leaves Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden in position to lead Democrats on the panel. Similar to Baucus, Wyden is seen as a moderate Democrat on tax issues. He has a bipartisan streak and first worked with former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) on tax reform proposals. Sen. Chuck Schumer ... Read more »
With Wyden in line for finance chairmanship, Oregon may once again have major clout in Congress
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is now in line to chair the powerful Senate Finance Committee -- if his fellow Democrats keep control of the Senate in the 2014 elections. The pending chairmanship offers Wyden the chance to be a key player on issues affecting a huge chunk of the economy and ... Read more »
Bill Would Expand Disclosure Of Political Money : It's All Politics : NPR
But now, along come Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with a bill that would radically expand the disclosure of political money trails. Their bill is aimed at outing the wealthy donors, corporations and unions that financed some $300 million in secretly funded ... Read more »
HUFFPOST HILL GOP: The President Took Away Your Airplane Pretzels
The main opposition in the Senate comes from Oregon's Ron Wyden, joined by other senators whose states don't have a sales tax. Wyden portrays it as a fight over internet freedom and innovation. "What this is about, especially relevant for HuffPost readers, is what really has ... Read more »
Senate moves closer to backing online sales taxes
" Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued on the Senate floor Monday that the bill would "hobble the Internet economy and strain online commerce" at a time when Congress should promote innovation and entrepreneurial risk-taking. The bill's opponents are also concerned, as Wyden said Monday ... Read more »
IRS chief: We'll rewrite our e-mail search policy
"We intend to do that" for e-mail, Miller said, in response to prodding from Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has become a frequent champion of civil liberties in the electronic realm. Internal IRS memos prepared by the agency's lawyers and disclosed last week said Americans enjoy ... Read more »
Nuclear Board Warns Of Hanford Tank Explosion Risk : NPR
The board expressed those concerns again Monday to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who is chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and had sought the board's perspective about cleanup at Hanford. The federal government created Hanford in the 1940s as part of the secret ... Read more »
Exchanges Won't Solve Obamacare's 'Family Glitch'
At a Senate Finance Committee meeting last month, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to look for ways to help families that don’t receive premium subsidies to afford to buy coverage. Employers can designate levels of actuarial coverage ... Read more »
