Ron Wyden

Tim Tebow will now have time to celebrate International Dance Day

2013-04-29 07:12:00

Feliz D�a Internacional de la Danza! Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 29, 2013. As the international Twitter scene lights up with colorful pictures of people dancing all over the world, the East Coast is more focused on the release...

Drone warfare becomes America's face to the world

2013-02-12 03:00:00

It is certainly not be what he hoped or intended, but one of President Barack Obama's biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Mr. Obama is not the first to use drones...

Mikulski poised to become Senate committee chair

2012-12-18 16:33:16

Behind-the-scenes jostling for committee chairmanships in the U.S. Senate has left Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski poised to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee — a move experts said Tuesday could bolster the role cybersecurity plays in...

A Washington poker game with $16 trillion in the pot

2012-12-09 06:00:00

Every kid knows that falling off a cliff is never good, but what about a "fiscal cliff" — how would that feel? Americans may indeed find out, if Congress is unable to pass a budget plan prior to Jan. 1. So, what's at stake if such an event occurs?...

Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan

2012-03-07 14:55:00

Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday�to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...

Calif. bans spam, sets fines

2003-09-24 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis signed into law Tuesday a groundbreaking bill aimed at banning often offensive "spam" advertisements from the online mailboxes of millions of California computer users. The measure, by state Sen. Kevin Murray (D-...

Anthrax alert shuts House

2001-10-18 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Investigators said that they have "substantive leads" about the origins of the anthrax that was mailed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and triggered a partial shutdown yesterday on Capitol Hill. Congressional leaders closed the House...

Pentagon wants to let you bet on terrorism

2003-07-29 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is looking at setting up a commodity market-style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political or even terrorist events, such as whether terrorists could strike Israel with biological weapons. Defense...

Terror futures market canceled

2003-07-30 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - A Pentagon proposal to start a "futures" market that would have let thousands of investors wager on the likelihood of terrorist attacks or coups in the Middle East was canceled yesterday. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told...

With woman's feeding tube set for removal, a rush for legislation

2005-03-18 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube will be removed today at 1 p.m. unless a House committee succeeds in a last-minute effort to issue subpoenas that would stop doctors from doing so. An extraordinary legislative maneuver announced early today...

Congressional panels look at reports of Iraqi weapons

2003-06-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - As the House opened a bipartisan review of pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction yesterday, Senate Democrats and Republicans disagreed sharply over what kind of inquiry to conduct. Republicans say they are willing to...

Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes

2013-05-16 13:48:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have unveiled a bipartisan disclosure bill.

2013-05-02 19:25:00