tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/13/2009
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To Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), health care reform is the great "unrequited love" of progressives. "It goes back to Harry Truman ," he told me during a sit-down interview today. "Every 15 years or so, there's an effort to fix health care. Every time, progressives have said, 'This is the moment, my ...
standtallforamerica.com - 1/13/2009
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standtallforamerica.com —
What is Stand Tall For America? Stand Tall
for America is a website in progress - and...
we're just getting started. With your help, it will be the online organizing center for Americans who care about progressive policy change that tackles the tough ...
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Health Care Reform | Stand Tall for America | Senator ...
blueoregon.com - 1/7/2009
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blueoregon.com —
An interesting little story seems to be unfolding
surrounding Obama's choice to head the CIA: Leon Panetta...
. Obama announced the choice yesterday to the surprise of many. Panetta has been a strong critic of Bush Administration policies on ...
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Obama's chooses Panetta, with help from Wyden?
blueoregon.com - 1/11/2009
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blueoregon.com —
I interviewed Oregon's new junior Senator, Jeff Merkley,
by phone from his new office in Washington, DC....
I had 15 minutes, not nearly enough for all the questions I wanted to ask, but we covered some good ground. I've chatted with Jeff a couple of ...
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Interview with Sen Merkley: Taxes, Iraq & more
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Progressive Breakfast: World According To TARP
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... be the underpinning, but fiscal conservatism doesn't exactly tug at wingnutty heartstrings these days, or beat the shouting tom toms like scary brown people obviously do. Sad. From a public health perspective, though, immunization for children entering the country seems logical to me: prevention of the spread of potentially virulent and communicable diseases brought into the country is just plain common sense."
Wyden On Health Care Prospects
Talking Points Memo interviews Sen. Ron Wyden:
Wyden believes there is "a real ...
Quick Hits: A new Congress gets underway
BlueOregon —
... Initially, he said, these interests marked him as “kind of left coast.” Not anymore. “They are becoming very mainstream,” said Adam B. Schiff, a Democrat who represents in Congress the area around Pasadena, Calif., and who, with Mr. Blumenauer’s bicycle advice, now regularly rides to work from his home in Maryland. “He has been way out in front of the Congress,” Mr. Schiff said. “Now the rest of us are trying to catch up.”
Senator Wyden believes that universal health care will pass in 2009 - with 65 to 70 votes in the U.S. Senate: ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/21/2009 — Ron Wyden is in the Gang of Six. Ron Wyden has proposed an exchange open to people who already have insurance. Ron Wyden wants to tax health care benefits. Does anyone understand just what his angle is?Some possibilities: taxing health...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 7/17/2009 — For the life of me I can't see why choice of insurance is desirable. Choice of physician, that I can see, but we already have that in Medicare and we do not have that in any of the private insurance choices Wyden would give us. Why would anyone want a ...
Wyden amendment gaining support
thehill.com 9/23/2009 — An amendment to the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare bill that would permit employees to shop around for health insurance policies is slowly gaining momentum on the Hill. The idea, pitched by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last week, would open the ...
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tnr.com 10/13/2009 — Barring a last-minute change in plans, the Senate Finance Committee will vote on a health care reform bill Tuesday. Discussion--i.e., speeches--are supposed to start at 10 a.m. The vote itself is slated for 2 pm.
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Wyden: My name won't be on health care bill
blog.oregonlive.com 3/10/2009 — WASHINGTON-When I brought up the subject of health care legislation, Sen. Ron Wyden was quick to say: "My name won't be on it." AP Photo/Rick Bowmer/2007Sen. Ron Wyden The Oregon Democrat has staked much of his time and reputation on...
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