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Entries by Sen. Ron Wyden from 04/2011

So Much for Choice and Competition

| Posted 04.09.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ron Wyden, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget, Government Shutdown, Health Care Reform, Democrats, Health Care, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Free Choice Vouchers were a true marriage of both Democratic and Republican ideas and they were killed in Friday night's budget agreement.

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Is This How You Want Your Senate To Do Business?

| Posted 04.14.2011 | Politics
Read More: Senate, Ron Wyden, Lobbyists, Budget, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Special Interests, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics News

The problem with today's budget bill is that legislative language was slipped into a massive appropriations bill to eliminate Free Choice Vouchers. One lobbyist called the move "an Early Easter gift."

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