CBC.ca Sen. Ron Wyden explains opposition to pair of online piracy bills Washington Post For much of past year, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has fought a one-man battle to keep the Senate versions of the aggressive online-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA from moving through on a unanimous vote. Last week, as a major online mobilization loomed against ... The SOPA/PIPA effect: Internet goes silent Beaver County Times Online companies win piracy fight KTAR.com Q&A: Stop Online Piracy Act The Guardian Fox...Read Full Story
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Years ago members of the elite showed their courage by leading troops into battle. They risked their own lives for the greater good. (Never mind that the wars being fought often did not serve anything resembling the "greater good.") Things are different today. In the land of the 1 percent, the way you show your courage is by demonstrating your willingness to beat up on the elderly. That gets you bucket loads of campaign contributions, high praise from the Washington Post in both its news and...Read Full Story
Boston Globe The Caucus: Cards? Flowers? In Senate, a Real Pal Objects New York Times (blog) Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, announced this week that he has early-stage prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery on Monday. And it is hardly a surprise that Mr. Wyden, who is known for working across the aisle ... Ron Wyden bill tries to let states modify federal health care reform OregonLive.com Sen. Wyden's health reminds men to screen for prostate cancer USA Today Oregon Sen. Wyden...Read Full Story
When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the system's most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results. The amount of hospital stays for the veterans participating in the program went down by 62 percent and the number of nursing home days went down by 88 percent. In total, the cost of providing healthcare to these chronically ill patients shrunk by nearly 25 percent...Read Full Story
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, the not-so-liberal one, has criticized the Obama Administration, thereby causing many Democrats to reconsider their support of the President. Apparently Senator Wyden is concerned about targeting American citizens for assassination!
Ron Wyden at Newberg town hall/Randy Stapilus Two to three years ago, turnout at Senator Ron Wyden‘s Yamhill County town hall ranged upward of 100, to 200 and more. Big crowds that filled large rooms. Not so much this weekend, when Wyden came to Newberg; only about 20 county residents showed up. (The lower turnout [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator for Oregon, Ron Wyden, says he is being kept in the dark about the Justice Department's stance on when the United States may kill American citizens abroad who are suspected terrorists.
Wyden, a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he has been trying for more than a year to get that information without success. He is renewing his request four months after American-born Anwar Al-Awlaki...
A periodic compilation of news items, diaries, videos, rants and outrages from Daily Kos and around the web to keep you ... I just called Wyden's number here in Portland to encourage him to join Merkley in signing the Bennet letter and the guy who answered ...
You might have seen it in passing in previous posts, but really, the hands-down savior on SOPA/PIPA is Oregon’s Senator Ron Wyden. You see, Senator Wyden was the first one to see the danger of these bills, and for a long time, the only prominent voice speaking against it. Without him, this thing would have [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's pick to lead the Interior Department promised to help wean the country off foreign oil by expanding renewable energy on public lands and promoting the "wise use'' of traditional energy sources ...
Ronald Lee Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is an American politician. He is currently the U.S. state of Oregon 's senior United States Senator. He is a member of the Democratic Party.