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U.S. Senator from Oregon
Born
May 3, 1949
Age 77
Phone
(202) 224-5244
Office
221 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Oregon

Ron Wyden

Ronald Lee Wyden is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 1996. Upon the death of Representative Don Young in 2022, Wyden became the dean of the West Coast's Congressional delegation. He is the dean of Oregon's congressional delegation and serves as the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. Known for his libertarian-leaning stances within the Democratic Party, Wyden has been a prominent advocate for privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance, positioning him as a defender of civil liberties.

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Voting Record — 830
Yes27%
No71%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align97%
Cross-party0%
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Ron Wyden
U.S. SenatorDemocratOregon
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Ron's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 83 sponsored · 355 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.socialMay 21(source)
SWIFT OPPOSITION: There are now House *and* Senate bills to impose 100% tax on payouts from Trump’s $1.8 billion fund for convicted crooks Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) & Ron Wyden (D-OR) have just introduced their version Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) already has bill in House
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.socialMay 18(source)
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.comMay 21(source)
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would make it harder for federal investigators to obtain phone records and also would prevent the government from weaponizing a secretive legal instrument it has used to target critics.
Subpoena bill would curtail secretive tool used to target government critics
The bipartisan legislation, which comes after a Washington Post investigation, would also limit the federal government’s ability to obtain phone records without a judge’s order.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Mother Jones@motherjones.comMay 19(source)
We reported that he was thinking about it, and yep, he went for it. "What is Trump hiding from the American people?” says @warren.senate.gov. “Democrats are going to fight every element of this self-dealing settlement,” vows Sen. Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov. Wow, even some Republicans seem uneasy.
First, a $1.8 billion slush fund. Now Trump aims to weasel out of IRS audits “forever”
We're talking about a man whose company was convicted of criminal tax fraud.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
The Intercept@theintercept.comMay 3(source)
Sen. Wyden keeps getting under the skin of the NSA’s biggest supporters with his warnings about intelligence agency abuses— and the latest dispute resulted in a high-profile dustup on the Senate floor.
Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”
Debate over a secret court opinion involving the Trump administration’s use of data collected by the NSA turned personal.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.socialMay 19(source)
Also in this piece: Senator Ron Wyden tells me Dems will pursue testimony from the Treasury official who resigned after Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund was announced:
Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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In MAGA mythology, the Jan 6ers are victims, just as all Trump voters are victims. This slush fund is supposed to represent vengeance. But the middle of the country rejects this mythmaking entirely. Rs should be forced to defend it. (h/t @adamserwer.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/2106...
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govMay 19(source)
We're at war in Iran. Inflation is rising. It costs $100 to fill your gas tank. Energy, housing and health care costs are skyrocketing, and Trump won't stop yapping about his ballroom.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Trump, ranting and raving about his ballroom: "This is Rome. They like the flat roof. Greece likes the the triangles, and you see that. This is a porch that looks out over the city. Also, it's developed in such a way that we can have military there. It's also a drone port."
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govMay 18(source)
Trump deserves no credit for dropping this lawsuit. He's doing it to set up a $1.7 billion slush fund for right-wing political violence. If Trump follows through, it will be the most brazen theft of taxpayer dollars by any president in history.
CNN
@cnn.com
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President Trump drops $10 billion lawsuit against IRS amid talks of establishing a fund to compensate allies targeted in DOJ investigations https://cnn.it/4nzNwOZ
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Michael Mechanic@michaelmechanic.bsky.socialMay 16(source)
This is "among the most corrupt acts in American political history...a shakedown of the American people by a crook president and his crook lawyers,” says Sen. Ron @wyden.senate.gov. "Trump is a parasite on the American republic.” Why is Wyden this outraged? Click below. I will explain everything.
Suing his own IRS? Creating a $1.8 billion slush fund? What the hell is Trump trying to pull?
Whatever it is, it's staggeringly corrupt, and possibly very dangerous.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govMay 2(source)
This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.
NPR
@npr.org
Open post ↗
Just in: A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
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Voting History
830 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-02-03—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (59-38)
2025-02-03—Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-01-30—End debateNOYES✕Cloture Motion Agreed to (83-13)
2025-01-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-35)
2025-01-30—Confirm nomineeNOYES✕Nomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29—End debateNOYES✕Cloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONO✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28—Confirm nomineeNOYES✕Nomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27—End debateYESYES✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONO✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21—Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21—Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20—Confirm nomineeYESYES✓Nomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Bill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESNO✕↔Amendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNOT_VOTINGYES—Amendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNOT_VOTINGNO—Amendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationYESYES✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateYESYES✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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