More than 70 members of Congress reject pay during shutdownAs federal employees brace themselves for their first missed paychecks on Friday, some members of Congress have decided to join them in a show of solidarity and refuse their paychecks. So far, 71 mem... Read MoreRep Schrader: Congress should not get paid during government shutdownOregon Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader talks one-on-one with KATU's Brian Wood about what it will take to end the government shutdown, and how quickly he thinks it would end if members of Congre... Read More
Oregon First
Airport workers ‘held hostage’ in government shutdown as Oregon politicians call for actionMore than 700 air traffic controllers and security officers continue to show up to work at airports across Oregon with no assurance of their next paycheck as the federal government shutdown hit the 18... Read More
Oregon First
Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici calls for immediate end to government shutdownTwo Democratic members of Congress from Oregon met with TSA agents and air-traffic controllers at Portland International Airport on Tuesday before flying back to Washington, D.C. U.S. representatives ... Read MoreLawmakers Meet With TSA, Air Traffic Controllers At PDX Amid ShutdownAir traffic controllers and TSA agents at Portland International Airport told lawmakers they’re selling plasma and considering looking for work in the private sector as a result of the ongoing governm... Read MoreSome freshmen say no paycheck during shutdown, but most lawmakers get paidFor a few of the 93 freshman lawmakers sworn in last week, one of their first official acts in Congress was indefinitely delaying their paycheck. In keeping with previous government shutdowns, dozens ... Read MoreWyden, Blumenauer reintroduce vote-by-mail billOregon Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Thursday reintroduced their bill to expand Oregon-style vote-by-mail nationwide and knock down the mounting obstacles that voters across the countr... Read MoreBipartisan Bill to Control Sea Lions, Save Salmon on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers Signed Into LawToday, the bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) giving tribal members and government fish managers the authority to lethally remove se... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Bipartisan Bill to Save Salmon On the Columbia and Willamette Rivers Headed to the President’s DeskThe bipartisan Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, led by Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) in the House, passed out of Congress today and is headed to ... Read MoreBill to save salmon by reducing sea lion populations moves through U.S. CongressLawmakers in Washington D.C. are sticking up for endangered salmon and steelhead at the expense of their voracious predator, the sea lion. The "Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act... Read More |