W000779 1949-05-03 223 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-2717 Ron 'd':4 'ron':2,6,8 'sen':1 'wyden':3,7,9 M 300100 Wyden Ron_Wyden Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] N00007724 9928 Democrat 202-224-5244 Jewish OR Ron Wyden 3.96428571428571 http://wyden.senate.gov/ SenRonWyden 300100 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 22:26:50 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Oregon service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan; Afghan-Iraqi Freedom Memorial, 700 Summer St. NE. Speaker: Sen. Ron Wyden; Contact: Robin Steckley, (503) 373-2390 Appreciation Day, 3 p.m.: Recognizing residents of Tierra Rose Care Center who were '3':33 'ne':20 'st':19 '373':29 '503':28 '700':17 'day':2,32 'p.m':34 'ron':23 'sen':22 'care':40 'iraq':9 'kill':7 'rose':39 '-2390':30 'iraqi':14 'resid':36 'robin':26 'salem':44 'wyden':24 'afghan':13 'center':41 'member':6 'memori':16 'oregon':4 'recogn':35 'servic':5 'summer':18 'tierra':38 'appreci':31 'contact':25 'freedom':15 'journal':47 'speaker':21 'veteran':1 'calendar':3 'steckley':27 'statesman':46 'afghanistan':11 'afghan-iraqi':12 'statesman-journ':45 6613645 true true daylife Salem Statesman-Journal http://www.statesmanjournal.com/ OK http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091107/NEWS/911070325/1001 300100 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 22:26:50 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a $90,000 local TV ad campaign by the conservative Club for Growth for an alternative reform bill he has been pushing with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The club contended in its ads, and in letters it sent to state convention delegates, that Bennett's plan wo 'd':35 '90':9 'ad':2,13,42 'tv':12 'wo':56 '000':10 '1st':4 'ore':36 'ron':32 'sen':31 '2010':6 'bill':25 'club':18,38 'news':58 'plan':55 'push':29 'race':7 'sent':47 'd-ore':34 'deleg':51 'local':11 'state':49 'wyden':33 'altern':23 'growth':20 'letter':45 'reform':24 'bennett':1,53 'conserv':17 'contend':39 'convent':50 'deseret':57 'campaign':14 6613646 true true daylife Deseret News http://deseretnews.com/ OK http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705342603/Bennett-ad-is-1st-of-2010-race.html?linkTrack=rss-30 300100 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:43:20 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...time to mobilize and lawmakers might focus more on getting re-elected. "This is a battle against the clock," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. "When you're in an election year, everything is seen through a different prism." The legislation, President Obama's 'd':31 're':17,35 'get':15 'ore':32 'ron':28 'sen':27 'drag':4 'said':26 'seen':42 'time':6 'year':39 'battl':22 'clock':25 'd-ore':30 'debat':2 'elect':18,38 'focus':12 'might':3,11 'mobil':8 'obama':50 'prism':46 'wyden':29 'differ':45 'health':1 'lawmak':10 'legisl':48 'presid':49 'everyth':40 're-elect':16 'entertain':53 'pittsburgh':52 6583117 true true daylife Pittsburgh Entertainment http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/ OK http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_651396.html?source=rss&feed=7 300100 Person sen\. Mon Nov 02 22:27:45 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...with private insurers is the best way to ensure choice and competition that are so badly needed in today's market." Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on the other hand, said the bills were setting the public option up to become a "health care ghetto." "Everybody 'd':33 'bad':23 'ore':34 'ron':30 'sen':29 'set':43 'way':14 'best':13 'bill':41 'care':52 'hand':38 'need':24 'said':39 'side':2 'becom':49 'choic':17 'd-ore':32 'ensur':16 'insur':10 'today':26 'wyden':31 'effect':4 'ghetto':53 'health':51 'market':28 'mccune':57 'miller':56 'option':7,46 'privat':9 'public':6,45 'exagger':3 'competit':19 'everybodi':54 'miller-mccun':55 6564224 true true daylife Miller-McCune http://www.miller-mccune.com/ OK http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/both-sides-exaggerate-effects-of-public-option-1582 300100 Person sen\. Mon Nov 02 22:27:45 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Sen. Barbara Boxer has signed a letter to majority leader Harry Reid urging him to support Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden's Free Choice amendment , a subversive plot to open the health exchanges to everyone, even those who get coverage through their employers. N 'n':49 'get':44 'ron':25 'san':50 'sen':7,24 'urg':19 'even':41 'free':28 'join':2 'open':35 'plot':33 'push':3 'reid':18 'sign':11 'amend':30 'boxer':1,9 'choic':29 'harri':17 'major':15 'wyden':26 'employ':48 'health':37 'leader':16 'letter':13 'oregon':23 'barbara':8 'broaden':5 'coverag':45 'everyon':40 'exchang':6,38 'subvers':32 'support':22 'chronicl':52 'francisco':51 6564222 true true daylife San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/ OK http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f0370652625d967b58a3bc2089dbf5ed 300100 Person sen\. Fri Oct 30 22:28:37 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...lawmakers on planet earth have pushed more persistently for health care reform in the past decade than Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). And although Wyden’s own enormous blueprint for a health system overhaul was largely ignored through this year’s debate, 'd':30 'dem':3 'ore':31 'ron':27 'sen':26 'urg':4 'care':19 'free':6 'larg':45 'nine':1 'past':23 'push':14 'year':49 'choic':7 'd-ore':29 'debat':51 'decad':24 'earth':12 'enorm':37 'ignor':46 'wyden':5,28,34 'health':18,41 'lawmak':9 'planet':11 'propos':8 'reform':20 'system':42 'persist':16 'although':33 'independ':54 'overhaul':43 'blueprint':38 'washington':53 6540194 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/65922/nine-more-dems-urge-wyden-free-choice-proposal 300100 Person sen\. Sat Oct 31 22:25:10 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...to have only private insurance will be allowed to opt out. I feel pity for Americans who live in those states. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden had offered an amendment allowing Americans to choose their insurance provider, including the public choice, if one does 'one':48 'opt':16 'ron':30 'sen':29 'care':5 'feel':19 'live':24 'piti':20 'time':52 'allow':14,36 'amend':35 'choic':46 'choos':39 'insur':11,41 'offer':33 'state':27 'wyden':31 'health':4 'includ':43 'oregon':28 'privat':10 'provid':42 'public':45 'report':6 'seattl':51 'current':2 'american':22,37 'health-car':3 6546892 true true daylife The Seattle Times http://www.seattletimes.com/ OK http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2010171258_thecurrenthealthcarereport.html?syndication=rss 300100 Person sen\. Fri Oct 30 11:19:53 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...and other experts say the caps are an important step. "You get a lot of security for very little cost," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. According to the American Journal of Medicine study, out-of-pocket costs averaged $17,943 for all medically bankrupt fami 'd':38 '17':54 '943':55 'cap':18 'get':24 'lot':26 'ore':39 'put':5 'ron':35 'say':16 'sen':34 'care':2 'cost':12,32,52 'fami':60 'plan':3 'said':33 'step':22 'd-ore':37 'limit':6 'littl':31 'medic':58 'secur':28 'studi':47 'would':4 'wyden':36 'accord':40 'averag':53 'expert':15 'health':1 'import':21 'pocket':11,51 'journal':44 'medicin':46 'american':43 'bankrupt':59 'out-of-pocket':8,48 'twincities.com':61 6533037 true true daylife TwinCities.com http://www.twincities.com/ OK http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_13672916?source=rss 300100 Person senator Thu Oct 29 22:29:35 -0500 2009 Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...of these exchanges, leaving many Americans watching the debate in for a big surprise. Only a handful of senators, such as Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Mary Landrieu, D-La.; and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, have focused on widening the exchanges where a public option 'd':33,38 'r':44 'az':56 'la':39 'big':21 'ore':34 'ron':30 'd-la':37 'hand':25 'leav':12 'main':45 'mani':13 'mari':35 'snow':42 'd-ore':32 'debat':17 'focus':47 'senat':27 'watch':15 'widen':49 'would':4 'wyden':31 'option':8,55 'public':7,54 'r-main':43 'exchang':11,51 'olympia':41 'qualifi':5 'realiti':2 'surpris':22 'american':14 'landrieu':36 'starnet.com':57 6529424 true true daylife AZ starnet.com http://www.azstarnet.com/ OK http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/315301.php 300100 Person congress Fri Oct 30 11:19:53 -0500 2009 Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...currently being examined by Congress.  Tracey likes the more bi-partisan plan, The Healthy Americans Act, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat.  The plan will allow Americans choices in their coverage improve portability and respect the pow '1':5 'bi':17 'act':23 'pow':46 'ron':27 'sen':26 'like':13 'news':48 'plan':2,19,33 'allow':35 'choic':37 'spend':4 'wyden':28 'candid':1 'examin':9 'improv':41 'oregon':30 'tracey':12 'connect':49 'coverag':40 'current':7 'healthi':21 'million':6 'portabl':42 'respect':44 'sponsor':24 'american':22,36 'congress':11 'democrat':31 'partisan':18 'bi-partisan':16 6533038 true true daylife The News Connection http://www.thenewsconnection.com/ OK http://www.thenewsconnection.com/article.cfm?articleID=33074 300100 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:29:48 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Ron Wyden gets it, and that's what he's been pushing with his Free Choice amendment. Here's Ezra Klein: Enter Wyden. The Free Choice Act is not a health-care-reform bill. It is best understood as a reform of the health-care-reform bill. ... 'act':36 'e.d':1 'get':12 'ron':10 'best':47 'bill':44,58 'care':42,56 'ezra':29 'free':24,34 'kain':2 'push':21 'tori':4 'activ':61 'amend':26 'choic':9,25,35 'enter':31 'klein':30 'wyden':11,32 'health':41,55 'reform':43,51,57 'freedom':7 'network':60 'american':3 'healthcar':5 'true/slant':59 'understood':48 'health-care-reform':40,54 6604582 false true google blog True/Slant Network Activity http://trueslant.com/people/wbg11/ OK http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2009/11/06/healthcare-and-freedom-of-choice/ 300100 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:25:07 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...members of the Senate, Waxman confirmed. In fact, Politico notes that, earlier this month, Obama asked pro-abortion Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to stay in the Oval Office after a key strategy meeting with Wyden and others in order to personally lobby him to s 'ask':30 'key':46 'pro':10,32 'ron':36 'sen':35 'bill':14 'care':13 'fact':22 'head':4 'hous':6 'meet':48 'note':24 'oval':42 'stay':39 'abort':11,33 'lobbi':57 'month':28 'obama':1,29 'offic':43 'order':54 'other':52 'pledg':3 'senat':18 'wyden':37,50 'health':12 'member':15 'oregon':34 'person':56 'promot':8 'violat':2 'waxman':19 'confirm':20 'earlier':26 'politico':23 'strategi':47 'pro-abort':9,31 'lifenews.com':61 6598336 false true daylife Lifenews.com http://www.lifenews.com/ OK http://www.lifenews.com/nat5617.html 300100 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 11:25:03 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This is precisely why Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is such a huge proponent of making the public option available to everyone. Not to mention that it works better to foster competition if there are no barriers to who can choose it over the ... 'd':1,17 'let':4 'ron':14 'sen':13 'brad':2 'd-or':16 'deal':8 'feed':56 'full':55 'huge':22 'make':6,25 'work':37 'avail':29 'choos':50 'wyden':15 'better':38 'foster':40 'option':28 'precis':11 'propon':23 'public':27 'wright':3 'barrier':46 'everyon':31 'mention':34 'competit':41 'huffingtonpost.com':58 6598333 false true google blog The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/d-brad-wright/lets-make-a-deal_b_348466.html 300100 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 11:25:03 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Still alive is an amendment from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that allows states to ask for a waiver from the federal government to create their own universal coverage plan for their citizens. The Wyden amendment is in the bill sponsored by ... 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'19':12 'ron':27 'sen':26 'blog':31 'busi':23 'free':2 'sent':18 'choic':7 'octob':11 'secur':1 'wyden':28 'consum':6 'econom':16 'letter':20 'market':3 'concern':25 'develop':17 'committe':14 'competit':4 'congress':30 'roundtabl':24 6604580 false true google blog Congress Blog http://www.hillnews.com/blogs/congress-blog OK http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/66603-secure-free-market-competition-and-consumer-choice-in-the-healthcare-reform-debate- 300100 Person senator Thu Nov 05 22:34:03 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Ron Wyden, Senator, Oregon, said, 'This access to capital will not only help jump start new investments, it will help breathe life into the struggling construction trades and help create family-wage jobs for Oregonians.' ... 'us':4 '30m':6 'job':43 'new':25,46 'ron':10 'help':22,29,38 'jump':23 'life':31 'news':2 'said':14 'wage':42 'capit':18 'creat':39 'innov':8 'senat':12 'start':24 'trade':36 'world':48 'wyden':11 'access':16 'breath':30 'econom':9 'energi':47 'famili':41 'invest':26 'newnet':1,50 'oregon':13 'receiv':5 'network':49 'struggl':34 'construct':35 'northwest':3 'oregonian':45 'family-wag':40 6594091 false true google blog New Energy World Network (NewNet) http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/ OK http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/renewable-energy-news/by_technology/energy_efficiency/northwest-us-receives-30m-to-innovate-economic-social-and-environmental-change.html 300100 Person senator Fri Nov 06 11:25:03 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 “We are very interested in advancing the energy bill and call for the inclusion of a measure introduced by Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Wyden's 'Renewable Energy Alternative Production Act,' or the 'REAP Act' (S. 1094), will provide ... 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'..':37 'act':48 'ron':14 'also':38 'blog':2,52 'care':22 'fact':7 'free':46 'plan':17,32 'c.b.o':36 'choic':47 'senat':13 'speak':41 'wyden':15 'accord':33 'health':21 'includ':19 'reason':24 'arkansa':1,51 'deficit':30 'employe':45 'neutral':31 'support':11 'interest':5 'preventit':20 6594090 false true google blog Arkansas Blog http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/ OK http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/11/just_not_interested.aspx 300100 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:29:45 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Reid's decision to include a public option with an opt-out provision in the Senate health reform legislation: “I agree with Senator Reid ... 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