BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
According to the Associated Press, Congressman Greg Walden has made it official: he's not running for Governor in 2010. According to KTVZ, he told KBND radio that he can best help Oregon from DC: “But I’ve come to the conclusion that I can probably do more right now at the federal level,” he said, “because so much of the problems we are encountering starts and ends with what’s...
Preemptive Karma (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Two names opted out of the upcoming Goobernatorial contest very recently: Steve Sheilds on the Democratic side, and Rep. Greg Walden on the Republican. According to The Oregonian's Mike Russell,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
By Erik Fernandez of Portland, Oregon. Erik is the wilderness coordinator for Oregon Wild. Congressman Kurt Schrader showed he knows how to get the job done in Washington DC by moving legislation at warp speed through the US House of Representatives. Yesterday, the House passed legislation to protect the Molalla River as a Wild and Scenic River by a vote of 292-133. [Oregonian story here.] Schrader...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Administration Asked to Detail Cost to Jobs, Economy under EPA Decisions WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Greg Walden, R-Ore., today asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to explain how four rules, including the greenhouse gas endangerment finding, would affect job losses in the United States. Drop That Burger - Forbes.com The green cognoscenti are choosing...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
# 4042 Yesterday a number of Federal Health officials, along with representatives from several vaccine companies, were on the hot seat when they appeared before House and Senate committees to explain shortfalls in the pandemic vaccine response to the H1N1 virus. Lisa Schnirring and Robert Roos of CIDRAP news monitored these hearings, and both authored reports last night. Both are detailed, well written,...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Asking one simple question by Norm Kalmanovitch | Climate Realists All that needs to be done in the spirit of “science protocol’ is to ask this one simple question: “How much of the thermal radiation energy from the Earth in the band centred on the 14.77micron wavelength that is resonant with the vibrational mode of CO2 has already been affected by the current atmospheric CO2 concentration,...
I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Huckleberry: "Ignoring last week's Republican blowouts in Virginia and New Jersey might qualify Obama to be a pilot for Northwest Airlines." Related posts: Today’s Huckleberry Commentary “The Obama administration is like a Colorado flying saucer: Full of hot air, spinning aimlessly in circles and completely empty.”'> Today’s Huckleberry Commentary “The Obama...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In September, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) organized a discharge petition in order to force a vote on a resolution that would “require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72-hours before consideration by the House.” “It’s just common sense: Americans should be allowed to read the text of major bills before [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Oregon Rep. Greg Walden is back at work after missing several days last week with a likely case of swine flu.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Oregon Rep. Greg Walden is back at work after missing several days last week with a likely case of swine flu.
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Earlier this afternoon we looked at some of the obstacles to passage of meaningful health care reform , primarily obstacles from Big Business in the form of an entrenched culture of corruption between many members of the Senate and with the Executive Branch. But not all the opposition is about dollars and cents. The Insurance lobbyists and their Republican cronies are counting on the Blue Dogs, of...
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
WASHINGTON - H1N1 has hit the Hill. The first congressman came down with swine flu this past week. Rep. Greg Walden, a sixth-term Republican from rural Oregon, announced via Twitter that the virus had nailed him. "Just diagnosed with likely H1N1. Ugh. Off to seclusion for awhile(cq)," the lawmaker, 52, tweeted Tuesday. | read more
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Rule #1 in political stagecraft: always, always secure your sightlines. How did this happen? Dede Scozzafava and/or her staff had the genius idea to do an event challenging Doug Hoffman to a debate... right in front of his campaign headquarters. Now how could that possibly go wrong? Let's take a quick look at some other North Country news, most of it, as always, bad for Dede: ? Not only has Sarah Palin...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The H1N1 virus commonly known as 'swine flu' has hit Capitol Hill. (CNN) – The H1N1 virus commonly known as 'swine flu' has hit Capitol Hill. Rep. Greg Walden, a Republican from Oregon, tweeted Monday evening a doctor diagnosed him with the virus and is heading off to "seclusion for a while." Andrew Whelan, Walden's press secretary, confirmed [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Walden Rep. Greg Walden, a Republican from Oregon's 2nd congressional district, appears to be the first congressman to come down with swine flu. From his Twitter : "Just diagnosed with likely H1N1. Ugh. Off to seclusion for awhile." Sounds like someone's been spending a little too much time with the pages . [ The Hill ] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: h1n1 , panic-demics...
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