The Oregon Way

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

How Can Congress Debate a Secret Law?

by Senator Ron Wyden Co-Authored with Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado) (Note: This blog was originally posted by Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall on Huffington Post.) Members of Congress are about to vote to extend the ...Read More

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Factchecking the Oil Companies' Defense of Taxpayer Subsidies

by Senator Ron Wyden (Note: This blog was originally posted by Senator Wyden on Huffington Post.) Just one week ago the American people heard executives from the top five oil companies stand-up and explain why - despite ...Read More

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Is This How You Want Your Senate To Do Business?

by Senator Ron Wyden (Note: This blog was originally posted by Senator Wyden on Huffington Post.) The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason tha ...Read More

Saturday, April 9, 2011

So Much for Choice and Competition

by Senator Ron Wyden (Note: This blog was originally posted by Senator Wyden on Huffington Post.) It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul ...Read More

Friday, September 3, 2010

Missing the Point

by Senator Ron Wyden (Note: This blog was originally posted by Senator Wyden on Huffington Post.) In December of 2006, I introduced the Healthy Americans Act to reform the nation's health care system. Some on both sides ...Read More