Ron Wyden

Democrat Ron Wyden has been a U.S. Senator since 1996. Previously, he served eight terms in the House.

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U.S. House Members Fleeing Washington as Holiday Approaches and Congress Grinds Away

By Tom Diemer

They're bailing out. More than 60 U.S. House members missed votes Tuesday as Congress continues its hectic lame duck session, even as the Christmas holiday draws nigh. Sixty-three lawmakers -- two ...

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Obama Lobbies Republican Senators to Back Arms Pact

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama tried to sway reluctant Republican senators on Monday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia as GOP aversion to giving a politically damaged president ...

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Eight Republicans Vote to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

By Andrea Stone

WASHINGTON -- In a last-minute surprise, eight Republican senators joined nearly every Democrat to repeal the military's "don't ask, tell policy" on gays. The final 65-31 vote to end the 17-year-old ...

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Ron Wyden Cancer Surgery Endangers Democrats' Wish List

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Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, announced Thursday that has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. But in a surprise to many of his colleagues, Wyden, 61, will undergo observation ...

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Ron Wyden Cancer Surgery Endangers Democrats' Lame-Duck Wish List

By Patricia Murphy

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May 24, 2012

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Senate Democrat Joins Bipartisan Trade Revolt Against Obama

Source: The Huffington Post

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation late Wednesday to protest the Obama administration's refusal to share information about controversial trade negotiations with the senator.

May 23, 2012

Senate panel approves five-year extension of warrantless wiretapping program

Source: The Raw Story

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday approved the extension of legislation that authorized a sweeping warrantless wiretapping program started under the Bush Administration.

May 23, 2012

Senate panel votes to extend government's broader surveillance authority

Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. called the move by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence "important" to the effort to ensure that authorities can identify terrorist operatives and thwart plots.

May 17, 2012

Transcript of our interview with Rep. Paul Ryan

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

On Thursday, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., visited the Washington Examiner for a meeting with the editorial board.

May 09, 2012

Down goes Lugar, Did Manchin vote for Obama?, McCaskill gets threat, security, Rubio woos Iowa/S.C. voters, McCarthy Jeopardy question, Bachmann becomes Swiss miss, Ryan to Reagan Library

Source: Politico

State Treasurer Richard Mourdock took down six-term Sen. Dick Lugar, a statesman and Indiana political institution, drawing 60 percent of the vote to Lugar's 39 percent in the Republican primary.