Murmurs • One the state’s most politically active companies, Portland-based Stimson Lumber, is adding to the Oregon House Republicans’ strong fundraising efforts that WW first reported on two weeks ago.   More

News Oregonians may not know it, but U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has become one the nation's leading critics of the federal government's efforts to spy on its own citizens.Although Wyden voted for the Patriot Act, the post 9-11 effort by Congress and then-president George Bush to remove restrictions on law enforcement's ability to search telephone, email, medical and financial records, he has become ...   More

Murmurs Two prominent lawmakers are close to major career moves: Two-term state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) spent the weekend at the coast with his wife to arrive at a decision whether to enter t   More

Murmurs He’s not up for re-election until 2016, but U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) held a big-ticket fundraiser on Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C. The lunchtime event asked $2,500 from “co-hosts” and $5,000    More

News Earlier on Wednesday, WW reported that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden would be the featured guest at a May 31st reception in Portland held to celebrate the opening of the Portland law firm Tonkon Torp's federal lobbying and government relations practice. Tonkon's federal practice is led by Josh Kardon, who stepped down last year after 18 years as Wyden's chief of staff. But late this afternoon, Wyden's deputy ...   More

News U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is supporting President Obama's decision to launch U.S. forces in Libya—for the moment. Unlike Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) who voiced "serious concerns" about the Democratic president's Libya decision or Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) who had even more pointed criticisms, Wyden is stressing his support for U.S. action in Libya.“The violence of Colonel Gaddafi against ...   More

News  Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that Adam Wyden, the 26-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), has started a hedge fund in the basement of the senator's DC home. Adam Wyden told the magazine he does not yet have any employees and has not gotten any money from his father. He's starting with a modest $3 million under management.“Right now it’s just me,” Adam Wyden, 26, said ...   More

News We've written a bit about efforts by Oregon's two Democratic senators to make major procedural reforms in the U.S. Senate.Today, both Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley learned the fate of their efforts. Wyden prevailed in his effort to ban secret holds, the practice that allowed any senator to hold up virtually any bill, resolution or nomination without any disclosure of who that senator is. Merkley, ...   More

News Lisa Shannon is taking her campaign for Congo to the streets of Washington, DC this week. Founder of the grassroots nonprofit Run for Congo Women and author of A Thousand Sisters, Shannon is continuing her advocacy for the Republic of Congo, its women and children with her new campaign Outcry for Congo. This morning, Shannon started her five-day demonstration outside the State Department ...   More

News U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced this afternoon that he will have surgery next week for early stage prostate cancer. The 61-year-old senator, who won re-election last month to another six-year term, said he got the diagnosis after a physical in late November and that he expects a "full and speedy recovery" after his surgery Dec. 20. Wyden expects to return to work when the Senate re-convenes ...   More