What is Stand Tall For America?
Stand Tall for America is a website in progress - and we're just getting started.
With your help, it will be the online organizing center for Americans who care about progressive policy change that tackles the tough problems facing our country -- including health care, tax reform, net neutrality, and more.
It's sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and paid for by Wyden for Senate, but it's really about you.
We really can tackle the tough problems. But only if we stand together. Only if we Stand Tall for America.
To Contact Us:
Stand Tall for America
P.O. Box 3498
Portland, OR 97208
Phone: 503-230-7115
Fax: 503-230-1128
Paid for and authorized by Wyden for Senate.
 | Can the president and Congress, in a political climate so divided, stop business as usual, come together, and fix health care? |
Fixing Health Care: What’s different now?
In an article for Health Affairs - a health policy journal - Senators Ron Wyden and Robert Bennett ask a key question:
Can the president and Congress, in a political climate so divided, stop business as usual, come together, and fix health care?
The answer, the Senators argue, is yes.
The two Senators identify six reasons:
- The bipartisan support for the Healthy Americans Act.
- An ideological truce between those who argue for universal coverage and those who argue for market-based solutions.
- Common ground between labor and business.
- A recognition that federal action is required, but states need latitude to tailor health programs.
- The realization that our employer-based health care system needs modernizing.
- A commitment to simplicity and accessibility in the crafting of the Healthy Americans Act.
In its summary, Health Affairs notes that:
The bill has bipartisan support, and it is a model of clarity and brevity compared to the Health Security Act of the 1990s.
Read the full article at Health Affairs.
Learn more about the Healthy Americans Act and watch Ron’s funny two-minute video at CareYouKeep.com.
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Financial analysis confirms Healthy Americans Act saves money
A new outside financial analysis has found that Senator Wyden’s Healthy Americans Act would break even in its first full year of operation - and then create budget surpluses after that.
Accordint to the analysis done by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Commitee on Taxation:
Overall, our preliminary analysis indicates that the proposal would be roughly budget-neutral in 2014. That is, our analysis suggests that your proposal would be essentially self-financing in the first year that it was fully implemented. ...
For the years after 2014, we anticipate that the fiscal impact would improve gradually, so that the proposal would tend to become more than self-financing and thereby would reduce future budget deficits or increase future surpluses.
Read the coverage in the Oregonian. Or, dive in to the full report (pdf).
And then, watch the Care You Keep video for a more light-hearted look at why universal health care is so important.
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Wyden, Snowe bill creates nanotechnology prize - The Portland Tribune - July 16 -
Senators propose 5-year ban on higher cell phone taxes - Nate Anderson, Ars Technica - July 14 -
Senators Propose Bill Banning Higher Cellphone Taxes; We Like This Bill - Gizmodo - July 14
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FISA: Wyden defends civil liberties; Smith caves to fear. - Kari Chisholm, Blue Oregon - July 11
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Spying bill sharply divides Wyden and Smith - Charles Pope, The Oregonian - July 11
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Sisyphus in the Senate - George Will, Newsweek - July 9
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George Will pumps Wyden tax plan - Jeff Mapes, Oregon Live - July 9
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Wyden: New surveillance law a mistake - The Associated Press - July 9
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It’s time to protect Oregon’s treasures - Pete Wallstrom, Mail Tribune - July 8
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Crowd gives senator an earful on energy - Susan Palmer, The Register-Guard - July 1
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The Group of 15 - The Young Turks - June 30
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Wyden to support FISA filibuster - Blue Oregon - June 27
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Internet radio fight goes to Congress - Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times - June 11
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Counties sweat while awaiting timber money - Tom Henderson, The South County Spotlight - June 10
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Wyden calls for Rumsfeld investigation - Charles Pope, The Oregonian - June 5
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Group of neutral senators throw support behind Obama - Klaus Marre, The Hill - June 4
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Despite friendship with Smith, Wyden comes out for Merkley - Julia Silverman, Associated Press - June 3
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Wyden endorses Obama - Todd Murphy, Portland Tribune - June 3
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Wyden, Defazio Push New G.I. Bill At UO - Rachel McDonald, OPB - May 29
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Wyden’s universal health care plan gains fans - Robin J Moody, Portland Business Journal - May 16
The Healthy Americans Act would guarantee every American universal, affordable, comprehensive, portable, high-quality, private health coverage that is as good or better than Members of Congress have today.
All 46 million uninsured Americans would be covered, for the same funds currently spent by Americans on health care. The Act includes tough cost containment measures that will save Americans $1.45 trillion over the next decade.
And every American will feel secure, knowing that your health care won't ever go away.
Powerful interests who own the pipes and access to the Internet are trying to break the Net. These special interests want to expand their control over Internet access to the limitless world of content, and discriminate among providers of online games, tv, music, and high-bandwidth applications.
This isn't how the Internet should work. The network should be neutral. Royalties should be equal. And there shouldn't be special taxes targeting the Internet.
Net Freedom will help the Internet thrive, enables small businesses to thrive on the Internet, and allows anyone to start small and dream big.
The Internet is a force for economic growth, access to information, and a better democracy. We will stand tall to protect the Internet from those powerful forces who would seek to limit access, build barriers, and turn back the clock.
Read More: Net Freedom
Our tax laws have been hijacked - and common sense has been left behind.
Our tax code is complex and mind-boggling, and it hammers hard-working, middle-class Americans. And every year, it gets worse.
Instead, let's get rid of the special interest tax breaks, let everybody file their taxes on a one-page form, and make sure that a dollar earned through work is taxed the same as a dollar earned through investment.
That's Senator Wyden's "Fair Flat Tax" idea.
Read More: Tax Reform
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Reducing Benzene in our Air
Benzene causes leukemia. And for years, some residents of the Pacific Northwest have suffered from dangerously high benzene levels in our air - primarily from high-benzene gasoline.
When the oil companies won the right from the Bush Administration to continue producing high-benzene gasoline for the Pacific Northwest, Senator Wyden stood tall for Oregon and asked the EPA to implement rules that will reduce benzene in our gasoline and in our air. Recently, the EPA came around to Senator Wyden's point of view.
Here's what happened...
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Protecting County Payments
Unless Congress acts, local governments in Oregon will lose massive amounts of funding. Over $149 million for schools, crime prevention, libraries, and more -- funds that are part of a 100-year old promise.
At issue is a program called the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. The Act guarantees federal funds to rural counties that used to benefit from timber sales from logging on federal lands. The law expired at the end of 2006, and unless Congress acts, the funds will dry up in the summer of 2007.
How did this happen?
Read More: Protecting County Payments
