Oregon lawmakers eager to see highway bill passed - Salem Statesman Journal, April 21, 2012By Paul Barton After numerous fits and starts, some on Capitol Hill finally see hope for a new multiyear highway bill passing this year. The House voted this week to begin negotiations with the Senat... Read MoreFederal Bill Would Add Protections for Egg-Laying Hens - One Green Planet, April 19, 2012By Hope Bohanec, Campaign Director, In Defense of Animals Imagine you are a political prisoner in another country sentenced to life in the harsh confines of a foreign prison. Your holding cell is abo... Read MoreFootwear industry, lawmakers call for reduction of tariffs in Asia-Pacific trade deal - The Hill, April 17, 2012By Vicki Needham A bipartisan group of more than two dozen lawmakers are pressing U.S. officials to reduce tariffs on footwear as part of an Asia-Pacific trade deal. In a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. ... Read MoreRep. Schrader's visit to Salem KinderCare - Salem Statesman Journal, April 5, 2012By Peter Wong U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., visited Salem KinderCare last week (March 30) U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., reads to students at Salem KinderCare, whose parent company seeks to ease... Read MoreThe Chicken and the Egg Lobbying Edition - NationalJournal, April 5, 2012By Andrew Joseph Taking a break from fighting over which came first, the chicken and the egg have teamed up for a joint lobbying push. Well, sort of. After announcing an agreement last year that they... Read MoreSchrader Announces Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance for Oregon Residents and BusinessesCongressman Kurt Schrader today announced the Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest federal disaster loans to residents and business owners in Clackamas, Marion, Polk and other... Read MoreU.S. Rep. Schrader at conference of women vets - Salem Statesman Journal, March 30, 2012By Peter Wong Fresh from a tough week in Washington, D.C. (see separate post), U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader made a couple of points in his keynote address Friday to the 2012 Oregon Women Veterans Conferen... Read MoreRep. Schrader on the past week in the U.S. House - Salem Statesman Journal, March 30, 2012By Peter Wong Despite a tough week, U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader is still optimistic there will be a compromise budget that moves toward deficit reduction and longer-term federal transportation aid. On th... Read MorePeople must accept bitter remedy of cuts, taxes - Salem Statesman Journal, March 29, 2012By Dick Hughes Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader doesn’t have kind words for the House Republicans’ budget proposal. No surprise there. But neither does the 5th District congressman have kind words for t... Read MoreKurt Schrader casts lonely vote for Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan - The Oregonian, March 29, 2012News Flash: The House has reached an overwhelming bipartisan consensus on the budget! Well, that is a little misleading. The consensus is that almost nobody in the House is willing to vote for the Si... Read More |