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.
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Senate votes 75-22 to approve Wyden “county payments” plan
On Wednesday, the US Senate approved the $5 billion county payments plan proposed by Senator Ron Wyden. The plan was the direct result of negotiations between Senator Wyden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), and Senate Energy & Commerce Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM).
The proposal, formally known as the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act, was added to the 2007 emergency supplemental funding package.
Over $1 billion in funding will go to Oregon's local governments, ensuring that schools, libraries, and county governments stay open - and law enforcement efforts continue apace.
From the Roseburg News-Review:
“Without this amendment, there is a real possibility that small counties in the West will fall off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean,” Wyden, D-Portland, told his colleagues from the floor of the Senate Tuesday.
To learn more about county payments, check out our easy-to-understand primer.
- Wyden discusses challenges in health reform effort - June 16
- Wyden’s vision for health care reform begins with making sure everyone is covered - April 24
- Providers Must Focus On Patient Outcomes - April 1
- Bills expand Oregon Caves, protect Rogue tributaries: Wyden-DeFazio, measures add 4,070 acres to monument - Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune - June 17
- Markers for ‘real reform’: Wyden outlines key elements of health legislation - The Register-Guard - June 16
- Oregon Guard units won't be broken up - Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian - June 7
- Better mental healthcare on the way for rural vets - Kevin Gaboury, Central Oregonian - June 5
- Wyden Ready To Listen on Torture Prosecutions - LoadedOrygun.net - May 28
- Wyden pleased with Obama’s court pick - Associated Press - May 27
- Wyden holds town hall in Vernonia with flood victims - Randy Neves, KGW - May 24
- Wyden introduces bill for La Pine land deal - The Bend Bulletin - May 22
- Senate approves bill revamping credit card fees - The Bend Bulletin - May 20
- Wyden: “Kept In the Dark” on Torture, Calls Cheney’s Bluff - Torridjoe, Loaded Orygun - May 18
