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...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In Oregon, we can be proud that all four of our Democratic members of the U.S. House voted for the health care reform bill - and against the terrible, awful, no-good, very bad Stupak amendment. There are only eight other states with a similar 100% record among their Democratic delegations (and only Connecticut and Arizona have more than our four.) Not that it was a foregone conclusion, to be sure....
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
This is kind of an odd story, not sure what to make of it. Oregonian reporter Allan Brettman reports that eleven members of the Northwest Congressional delegation signed a Nov. 9 letter to the Obama administration requesting funds for land purchases and economic development in the Columbia River Gorge. The letter was signed by Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Washington Sens. Patty Murray...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader's vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010.
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
So congressman Kurt Schrader was sitting on the fence about health care reform until the last minute, when he voted for it. Read about this in yesterday's post , "Kurt Schrader could very nearly suck it, until the last minute." Well, to thank the freshman swing districter, AFSCME and Health Care For America Now have paid for a TV ad to air for seven days on broadcast and cable in Portland,...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader's vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader's vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010. Republicans say the freshman Democrat's vote will cause him problems with moderate and independent voters... Republican - Democratic - Health care - Kurt Schrader - Health
Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I wrote earlier about the list of 69 Democrats who had expressed opposition to the health care bill at some point. Well, digging through the roll call vote records, I've compiled a list of people who appear to have gone back on their earlier statements. They are... Marion Berry (AR) Leonard Boswell (IA) Dennis Cardoza (CA) Chris Carney (PA) Gerry Connolly (VA) Jim Cooper (TN) Jim Costa (CA) Jerry Costello...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
As the US House of Representatives draws closer to a vote on HR3962, the House version of the health care reform bill, Representative Kurt Schrader has announced he will vote in favor of the bill. Schrader explained his decision in a statement on his website: Today Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) announced his support for H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. He released the following...
Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
UPDATE - 3 more dems that voted to not go forward with debate, but not yet declared: Jason Altmire, Heath Shuler, and Loretta Sanchez. Three more no's? As I publish, there are 33 "no" votes from the dems. These five would bump that to 38. Remember, 41 is the magic number. Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) : Continues To Have Reservations About The Bill. Chandler spokeswoman Jennifer Krimm said her...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Update: 9:30AM: The voicemail at Schrader's DC office is full, and as it's Saturday they're not picking up the phones. You can send him an email here. As we hit the home stretch on health care reform, the House is scheduled to vote later today on legislation which includes the public option. The vote is expected to be very close, and Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader has been officially undecided. This...
Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Being from MA can be sort of a let down during big, national progressive battles. Whenever I see the "please contact these legislators" lists, I tend to scan through, just to catch a surprising name from some OTHER state. Well, imagine my shame when such a list appeared on DKos today : Your phone calls are ESPECIALLY important if you are represented by one of these potential holdouts: Harry...
Red State (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Don’t wait for orders from HQ, you know what to do. WHIPPING LIST 1. John Adler (D-NJ) 2. Jason Altmire (D-PA) 3. John Barrow (D-GA) 4. Marion Berry (D-AR) 5. John Boccieri (D-OH) 6. Dan Boren (D-OK) 7. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) 8. Allen Boyd (D-FL) 9. Bobby Bright (D-AL) 10. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) 11. Chris Carney (D-NJ) 12. Ben Chandler (D-KY) 13. Travis Childers (D-MS) 14. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
At the risk of repeating myself, despite having signed on to a letter pushing for the public option, Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader is apparently undecided on whether he will vote for a public option (with negotiated rates) if it goes to the floor. This is the compromise bill presented by Speaker Pelosi to appease Blue Dogs and moderate Democrats who dithered over the Medicare + 5% public option....
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Are you in to encouraging Congressman Kurt Schrader to vote for the robust public option? Do you just want to find out exactly what he DOES support? Or maybe you already think he's the bomb on health care and want to give him a verbal high-five.... Congressman Schrader Tweets: A telephone town hall about healthcare? Good. Yeah, the URL is cut off in the Tweet. Here it is.
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