Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

The Senate gives itself a prescription

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

With the aid of an amendment from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., workers who can't afford to participate in their employers' health programs can take the money in ...

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Oregon senators optimistic on Iraq

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...elections still can be held in time to allow the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by August 2010. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley met with Iraqi officials, the U.S. ambassador and military commander, and some Oregon soldiers in the

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

A letter from Oregon's Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter Defazio to the interior and agriculture secretaries says, ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Burris, on his first official overseas trip as senator, is traveling with Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon, Michael Bennett of Colorado and ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Burris, on his first official overseas trip as senator, is traveling with Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon, Michael Bennett of Colorado and ...

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OUR VIEW: Bennett's Utah GOP problem

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Bennett also is a co-sponsor with liberal Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., of an alternative health care reform plan. These accomplishments have earned ...

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Wyden: health care affordability not on media’s radar

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...Ron Wyden’s Q & A with the Columbia Journalism Review hit the publication’s Web site today. In it, the Oregon Democrat is called one of the few politicians willing to talk about the thorny issue of how costly health care will remain for millions of

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Which way on financial regulation?

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

As the new chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden can play an important role in making sure this turnaround ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Ron Wyden gave an illuminating interview to the Columbia Journalism Review that talks about both his disappointment with ...

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Ron Wyden Speaks Out

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...Friday, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden got the Senate health care duo, Max Baucus and Harry Reid, to agree that some workers who cannot afford their share of the premiums for employer coverage could shop in the government’s new brokerage service, called the Ex

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Senate health care bill heads into a political minefield

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...was the 59th vote, and the bill could provide her state with an estimated $300 million in help for health care for the poor. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., got the bill altered Friday so more people would have access to its health exchanges, marketplaces where

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Can Congress force you to buy insurance?

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, backed an individual mandate as part of a bipartisan health reform bill he pushed with Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. ...

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First Senate vote looms on health legislation

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...the necessary 60 votes. Along the way, Reid sweetened the pot for individual senators, adding federal funds for Louisiana and agreeing to support an amendment written by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that would expand eligibility for the purchasing exchanges

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Ron Wyden’s Good Idea

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...Ron Wyden has sold to the Democratic leadership an amendment that would enable more employees to cash out their employer-provided benefits and buy their own insurance policy on a health exchange. This seems a great idea – and even more, a great idea f

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GOP Missing in Action on Health Reform

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

Sen. Ron Wyden has sold to the Democratic leadership an amendment that would enable more employees to cash out their employer-provided benefits and buy ...

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Bill would aid timber companies

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation to help Oregon timber companies remain competitive and sustain economic growth. ...

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Senate edges closer to health care debate

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...Medicaid insurance program for poor people in a bid for Landrieu's support. And Friday, Reid struck a deal with Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who has been pressing to allow more Americans access to new insurance exchanges where commercial insurers would compet

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Wyden Supports Bill to Improve Health Care Services to Veterans and Their Families

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

... DC - Continuing efforts to provide the highest quality health care for veterans and their families, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore. ...

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Cleaning the Inbox on Fridays

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

A victory for Ron Wyden: a version of his "Free Choice" amendment will appear in the Senate health care bill. Under the legislation now, Americans "with ...

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Medicare's Unsustainable Growth

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

I believe consumers should be allowed to limit their own spending in the context of choice of health plan, along the lines of Sen. Ron Wyden's "Free Choice" ...

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