Lawmakers 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 More
Budget, Deficit Reduction & Fiscal Reform
Rep. Schrader’s First Act of 116th: Introducing Good Government ReformsIn his first act of the 116th Congress, as we near the end of the second week of the government shutdown, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) today reintroduced a series of government reform bills to in... 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 MoreHold Congress Accountable ActThe Hold Congress Accountable Act is bipartisan legislation to reduce the salary of Members of Congress in the event of a government shutdown for as long as the shutdown continues. Rep. Schrader first... Read MorePresidential Inaugural Committee Oversight ActThe Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act would increase transparency and accountability around the fundraising and spending of Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) money. The Congressman's... Read MoreConstitutional Amendment to Reform Campaign Finance LawsH.J.Res.21 is a constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance laws, removing the influence of big money in our government and giving power back to the people. The Congressman first introduced in... 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
Oregon First,
Agriculture
Oregon Members Announce AVA Designation for Van Duzer CorridorCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), along with Senators Ron Wyden, and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), announced the designation of Oregon’s Van Duzer Corri... Read More
Health Care
Schrader, Welch Legislation to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Passes the HouseLegislation introduced by Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Congressman Peter Welch (VT-At Large) to close a loophole in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program that is reported to have cost the Medicaid... Read More |