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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 — 789
Yes26%
No72%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align97%
Cross-party1%
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Ron Wyden
U.S. SenatorDemocratOregon
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Ron's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 79 sponsored · 347 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 21(source)
Blocking humanitarian visas for wounded children seeking medical treatment because you're afraid they are terrorists is the height of cowardice. This administration is led and populated by the worst of us.
U.S. halts visitor visas for Gazans, including humanitarian medical visas
The move comes after far-right activist Laura Loomer drew attention to a video posted by the nonprofit HEAL Palestine and called the visas a “national security threat.”
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 14(source)
I've long said that Section 230 does not protect generative AI bots like this, which are entirely created by the company, not users. Meta and Zuckerberg should be held fully responsible for any harm these bots cause.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 14(source)
This new reporting further proves Meta is a company that is morally and ethically off the rails. Mark Zuckerberg rushed an unsafe chatbot to a mass market just to keep up with the competition, consequences for its users be damned.
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.govAug 8(source)
Reports suggest UnitedHealth gave BONUSES to nursing homes for sending fewer people to the hospital, even if they were sick. Senator Ron Wyden and I are pressing for answers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Senators Wyden, Warren launch probe into UnitedHealth's nursing home practices
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are launching an investigation into UnitedHealth Group related to allegations that the company secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to cut hospital transfers of sick residents.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 12(source)
The UK now requires ID to read about Middle East politics, visit r/stopsmoking and listen to almost any hip hop music online. After this ruling, using Wikipedia could be next. Once sites require age verification for the UK, there’s little stopping them doing the same in the US.
Wikipedia operator loses court challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations
The operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements for online platforms and has been criticised for potentially curtailing free speech.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 12(source)
The consequences of Republicans' big ugly budget bill for Oregon can't be overstated. Thousands will lose health care and go hungry. An entire generation of Oregonians will be sicker and poorer because of Trump's twisted agenda.
Huge Federal Cuts Loom for Oregon Health Plan, SNAP and More, State Says
Over the next six years, Oregon could lose roughly $12 billion in federal health insurance funding and an additional $2 billion-plus in food benefits as a result of the massive Trump budget bill.
Reposted bySenator Ron Wyden
Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.socialAug 5(source)
NEW: @wyden.senate.gov asked the Social Security Admin’s Office of the Chief Actuary what Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would do to Social Security’s solvency — and as expected they said it will cause Social Security to run out of money more quickly: 2032Q4 instead of 2033Q1 (4-5 months earlier).
SOCIAL SECURITY Office of the Chief Actuary August 5, 2025 The Honorable Ron Wyden United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Wyden: I am writing in response to your request for our estimate of the financial effects on the Social Security trust funds of Public Law 119-21, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA), which the President signed into law on July 4, 2025. Among many other provisions, this law makes permanent the lower ordinary income tax rates and adjusted tax brackets originally enacted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and temporarily changes certain standard and itemized deduction amounts. Because the revenue from income taxation of Social Security benefits is directed to the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, implementation of the OBBBA will have material effects on the financial status of the Social Security trust funds. The balance of this letter provides our understanding of the provisions of the OBBBA with material effects on Social Security program cost, followed by estimates of the program cost effects of the law change. All estimates reflect the intermediate assumptions of the 2025 Trustees Report. Effects of the OBBBA are determined by comparing to the law in effect prior to its passage (i.e., a current law baseline). Specification for and Effects of the Law Change Before the OBBBA was signed into law, the marginal tax rates and tax bracket amounts were set as specified in the 2017 TCJA; those values were scheduled to revert to pre-TCJA levels in 2026. However, implementation of the OBBBA makes permanent the rates and bracket amounts specified in the TCJA. The OBBBA also increases the standard deduction amounts for those age 65 and older for years 2025 through 2028 and includes other tax changes with relatively smaller effects on Social Security beneficiaries. The combined net effect of these income tax provisions results in less overall tax liability for Social Security beneficiaries. In turn, the trust funds will …
Page 2 - The Honorable Ron Wyden Given the uncertainty about possible future effects on Social Security due to other provisions included in the OBBBA, we have limited our analysis to the effects of the income tax changes and their resulting effects on taxation of benefits revenue to the trust funds. We will continue to monitor incoming experience and modify our projections as appropriate. DASDI Program Cost Effects We estimate that implementation of the OBBBA will result in net increased program cost starting in 2025. Over calendar years 2025 through 2034, the total net increase in OASDI program cost is estimated to be $168.6 billion. In addition, the timing of combined OASI and DI Trust Fund reserve depletion is accelerated from the third quarter of 2034 under the 2025 Trustees Report baseline to the first quarter of 2034 following implementation of the law. Considered alone, the reserve depletion date for the OASI Trust Fund is accelerated from the first quarter of 2033 to the fourth quarter of 2032. DI Trust Fund reserves are not projected to become depleted during the 75-year projection period. Over the long-range projection period, implementation of the OBBBA will decrease (worsen) the 75-year OASDI actuarial balance by 0.16 percent of taxable payroll, from -3.82 percent under the 2025 Trustees Report baseline to -3.98 percent following implementation of the law. Table 1, attached, indicates that the net effect of the changes in the law will decrease annual balances for the OASDI program from 2025 through the end of the 75-year projection period, decreasing the annual balance for the 75" projection year (2099) by 0.17 percent of taxable payroll. Tables 1b and lb.n show the effects of enacting the OBBBA in present value dollar and nominal dollar amounts, respectively. Finally, note that we will be using the results provided in this letter as an updated baseline for evaluating the effects of proposals that affect the OASI and DI Trust Funds, and particularly prop…
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govAug 1(source)
Epstein made $$$ billing himself as a tax wizard. Here's the catch: he wasn't an accountant or lawyer. His financial advice was ordinary at best. It looks like a cover story to hide his sex trafficking. My question: why didn't investigators follow the money?
Top Dem calls on Trump’s IRS to investigate Epstein bank records: ‘Follow the money’
Ron Wyden’s sprawling bank probe demands Trump administration investigate financial transactions surrounding Epstein’s trafficking case
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Senate Finance Committee@senatefinance.bsky.socialJul 31(source)
NEWS: Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS’s Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker’s Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work
Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS’s Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker’s Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS’s Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker’s Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.govJul 31(source)
Coming tomorrow at 9 PM ET with @senateinsession.bsky.social: a full breakdown of my follow the money investigation on Epstein so far. How we got a look at the Treasury’s Epstein files, how it all ties back to Donald Trump, and where we go from here.
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Voting History
789 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
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (47-52)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-05—Motion (Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (47-52)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONO✓Amendment Rejected (5-94)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (46-53)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (46-53)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (47-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (46-53)
2025-04-04H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONO✓Amendment Agreed to (51-48)
2025-04-03—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-04-03H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-48)
2025-04-03—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-04-03—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-04-03S.J. Res. 26 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26NONO✓Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-83)
2025-04-03S.J. Res. 33 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 33NONO✓Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-82)
2025-04-03—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-04-03H.J. Res. 24 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (53-42)
2025-04-02H.J. Res. 24 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-04-02S.J. Res. 37 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYES✓Joint Resolution Passed (51-48)
2025-04-02—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-04-02—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-04-01—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-03-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-42)
2025-03-27—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-03-27—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-03-27S.J. Res. 18 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-48)
2025-03-26S.J. Res. 18 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-47)
2025-03-26H.J. Res. 25 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (70-28)
2025-03-26H.J. Res. 25 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (70-28)
2025-03-26—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-43)
2025-03-26—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-03-26—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-03-26—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-03-26—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-03-25—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-03-25—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (56-44)
2025-03-25—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (56-44)
2025-03-25—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-03-25—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)

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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