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Oregon: Oregon Senate

February 27, 2009 - 11:21 am
NEWS FEED: OregonLive.com

Gordon Smith talks - a bit - about his future

By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian

Republican Gordon Smith, sounding relaxed nearly four months after the loss of his Oregon Senate seat to Democrat Jeff Merkley, gave an interview this week to his hometown paper, the East Oregonian of Pendleton. There's no hint presented in the...

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February 14, 2009 - 06:31 pm
NEWS FEED: OregonLive.com

Happy politicians on a big birthday

By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian

Except for the guy cutting the cake, Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, this is a pretty jovial looking group of Oregon politicians Saturday afternoon at the Capitol celebrating the state's 150th birthday. Maybe Courtney wished the others had shown...

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February 13, 2009 - 11:48 am
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Bob Tiernan's lesson in the permanent entrenched minority: a follow-up

By BlueOregon.com

I noted here previously the prickery engaged in by GOP Chair Bob Tiernan for filing a frivilous, stupid and otherwise wasteful ethics complaint against Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney. On Tuesday, a bipartisan committee of Oregon Senators agreed with me. Looks like Bob will have to go back to the drawing board to fire up the base whilst alienating everyone else in Oregon. Carry on, dude.

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February 12, 2009 - 10:28 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Oregon Fiscally Flies With Her Own Wings!

By BlueOregon.com

Today’s Oregon Senate vote to end the practice of letting Congress dictate the definition of taxable income in Oregon ("rolling reconnect;" see this and this) is a great example of the fiscally responsible, prudent policies Oregonians are demanding out of Salem. On the eve of Oregon’s 150th anniversary, we have reaffirmed Oregon’s motto, “She Flies With Her Own Wings.” The legislature will now make affirmative decisions about which federal tax law changes to follow and which are not in Oregon’s interest. We will fly with our own wings, rather than be dragged along by Washington, D.C. Those who voted for...

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January 28, 2009 - 09:15 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Oregon Senate passes stimulus package; on to the House

By BlueOregon.com

A jobs packaging totaling $176 million passed the Oregon Senate today. The legislation is billed as an economic stimulus package that is expected to create 3000 jobs across the state. The plan targets infrastructure projects in all of Oregon's 36 counties. The vote on the package was bipartisan, but not by much.Predictably, leaders on the Republican side slammed the bill: To make his case, Senate GOP Leader Ted Ferrioli took a jab at one of the projects, a $1,200 job to clear moss from the roof of a Department of Transportation building in Sweet Home. "Why are we including moss...

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