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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.

Because they don't want the country noticing that they're about to gut over $1 TRILLION from Medicaid and food assistance in order to finance more tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.
We won this battle, but no doubt Republicans are going to keep trying to sell off your public lands any chance they get. Our public lands are worth fighting for, and as long as I have the honor of representing Oregon in the Senate that's what I'll be doing.
How do America's construction workers feel about this bill? "The biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country" "staggering and unfathomable job loss" "another lifeline and competitive advantage to China" "critical infrastructure projects ... sacrificed at the altar of ideology"
Trump's wedding gift to Bezos and birthday gift to Musk were tucked in the new budget bill the Republicans released overnight: A special new tax break for SPACEPORTS.
Oh look a giant tax break for SpaceX and Blue Origin! SEC. 70309. SPACEPORTS ARE TREATED LIKE AIRPORTS UNDER EXEMPT FACILITY BOND RULES (allows spaceports to qualify for tax-exempt private activity bond financing)
SEC. 70309. SPACEPORTS ARE TREATED LIKE AIRPORTS
UNDER EXEMPT FACILITY BOND RULES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 142(a)(1) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(1) airports and spaceports,’’.
(b) TREATMENT OF GROUND LEASES.—Section
142(b)(1) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR SPACEPORT
GROUND LEASES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), spaceport property located on land
leased by a governmental unit from the United
States shall not fail to be treated as owned by
a governmental unit if the requirements of this
paragraph are met by the lease and any sub16 leases of the property.’’.
Trump and the Republicans keep trying to say they aren't going to make Medicaid cuts, but we can't trust them. They're willing to hurt hardworking Americans to give billionaires more wealth. bsky.app/profile/wyde...
Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
The new bill text goes way beyond eliminating @wyden.senate.gov's tax credits for wind and solar. It actually **TAXES CLEAN ENERGY** Needless to say, this is an awful idea. It's an immediate rate hike for consumers, and hundreds of thousands of clean energy workers are about to lose their jobs.
Re-upping this. H/T @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social, a former aide to Ron Wyden who worked on the IRA, the bill would also impose a new fee on Wind and Solar projects.
5 ‘‘SEC. 5000E–1. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an applicable facil7 ity for which there is a material assistance cost ratio viola8 tion, a tax is hereby imposed for the taxable year in which
9 such facility is placed in service in the amount determined
10 under subsection (d) with respect to such facility.
11 ‘‘(b) APPLICABLE FACILITY.—For purposes of this
12 section, the term ‘applicable facility’ means a facility
13 owned by the taxpayer—
14 ‘‘(1) which—
15 ‘‘(A) uses wind to produce electricity (with16 in the meaning of such term as used in section
17 45(d)(1), as determined without regard to any
18 requirement under such section with respect to
19 the date on which construction of property be20 gins), or
21 ‘‘(B) uses solar energy to produce elec22 tricity (within the meaning of such term as
Between today’s rulings on citizenship and age verification, the Court is taking a torch to the constitution and stripping away Americans’ core rights. This is a good time to remind everyone that I have the comprehensive court reform bill to expand the court.
Republicans are getting what they paid for: a court willing to cede its power to an executive but only if a Republican is in power. But Democrats will retake power, and John Roberts is all but guaranteeing that Trump’s Supreme Court will barely outlast the Trump administration.
there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy.
My team and I were able to get that removed yesterday. Like many other provisions, they may try and add it back in but we're going to keep working to make sure they don't.
i am starting to think this bill might be big but not at all beautiful it is just this uneasy feeling i am getting
Two more overnight wins: my team successfully removed a scheme from the Republican bill to end background checks and registrations for easily-concealed guns and silencers. There’s no limit to the awful stuff they crammed into this bill.
All of these are good wins. Republicans may try to add these awful provisions back in at the 11th hour but we're working around the clock (literally) to keep them out.
And: Republicans wanted to add a bunch of red tape and bureaucracy to the Earned Income Tax Credit. It’s a backdoor way to raise taxes on working people by making it a lot harder for them to file their taxes correctly. We knocked it out.
Two more overnight wins: my team successfully removed a scheme from the Republican bill to end background checks and registrations for easily-concealed guns and silencers. There’s no limit to the awful stuff they crammed into this bill.
NEW: The provision in the GOP tax bill that makes it easier to get gun silencers, rifles and shotguns violates Senate rules and has to come out, says the Senate rules ref www.huffpost.com/entry/gun-si...
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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
2025-08-02End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (49-45)
2025-08-02Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-44)
2025-08-02End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-08-02Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-44)
2025-08-02End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-41)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-45)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-43)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-44)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Agreed to (81-15)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Final passageYESYESBill Passed (87-9, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Agreed to (87-9, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Rejected (21-75)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Rejected (15-81)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Rejected (14-81)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (45-50)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (42-53)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (44-51)
2025-08-01Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114)YESYESMotion Rejected (44-51, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-08-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (55-41)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-44)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-41)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (59-38)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 34 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 34NOYESMotion to Discharge Rejected (24-73)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 41 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41NOYESMotion to Discharge Rejected (27-70)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-49)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-44)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-47)
2025-07-28End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)

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