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.
News
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.
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Political temperature may be just right for healthcare overhaul - Nov 18 - Noam N. Levey and Lisa Girion, The Los Angeles Times -
Wyden: a future spy czar in the Senate? - Nov 17 - Jeff Mapes, Way West of the Beltway -
Wyden Objects to Potential Loss of Critical Fighter Aircraft - Nov 10 - Salem-News
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Wyden seeks to prime slumping economy - Nov 8 - John Darling, Medford Mail-Tribune
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Gains by Democrats embolden Oregon lawmakers - Nov 8 - Charles Pope, The Oregonian
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Wyden’s Stimulus Plan Targets Job Creation - Nov 7 - Chris Jones, KTVL-Medford
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Wyden on board for Pioneer route - Nov 7 - Dean Brickey, Hermiston Herald
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Wyden touts road projects in Redmond - Nov 7 - Patrick Cliff, Bend Bulletin
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Walden, Wyden talk economy in Central Oregon - Nov 6 - Kate Paul, KTVZ-Bend
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Wyden, LaRocco participate in round-table with Valley health care experts - Oct 31 - Colleen LaMay, Idaho Statesman
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Wyden urges FCC to hold off Election Day vote - Oct 30 - PR Newswire
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Wyden, other Senate leaders Raise Concerns With FCC’s Telecom Proposal - Oct 28 - Market Watch
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Wyden sides with fishermen on quota shares - Oct 28 - Cassandra Profita, The Daily Astorian
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Wyden organizes removal of deadly logjam - Oct 28 - Brad Cain, Associated Press
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We need health coverage that leaves no child behind - Oct 23 - Editorial, TDN.com
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Wyden-Blumenauer work to curb illegal logging - Oct 22 - Martin, Vaughan, Wall Street Journal
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Collaboration between states, federal government key to health care reform - Oct 21 - National Institutes of Health, JAMA
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Ron Wyden calls out Palin on sending Alaskan LNG to Japan - Oct 21 - Martha Mendoza, Associated Press
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Wyden catches Palin trying to pick your pocket - Oct 21 - Kagro X, Daily Kos
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Obama/Wyden support Merkley - Oct 20 - Britten Chase, PolitickerOR
