Local News: Seattle, WA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Greg Walden News Editors

News Widget

Display the Greg Walden news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Greg Walden News

News on Greg Walden continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Yesterday | The Oregonian

Rough & Ready Lumber, Josephine County's last sawmill, a casualty of southwest Oregon's enduring timber wars

Cave Junction, Oregon--April 24, 2013-- Link Phillippi, President of Rough & Ready Lumber with his wife, Jennifer Phillippi, CEO and co-owner of the family-owned mill say they have been pleading with members of Congress for 23-years to do something about log supplies.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Peter DeFazio, Democrat, Oregon, Representative Kurt Schrader, Josephine County, OR, Cave Junction, OR

Monday | AdWeek

Clyburn Makes History at FCC

Mignon Clyburn makes history today as the first woman to head up the Federal Communications Commission.

Comment?

Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat May 18, 2013

Roll Call

Super PAC Picks Up $250,000 Contribution

The Club for Growth Action , a Republican-aligned Super PAC, reported it received $250,000 on 4/9 from Robert Arnott , of Newport Beach, California.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

Thu May 16, 2013

CNN

IRS scandal adds fuel to Obamacare fire

The House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal Obamacare entirely on Thursday - a move the GOP-led chamber has done twice already.

Comment?

Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner, Rosa DeLauro, Democrat, Steve Israel

The Washington Post

chris_cillizza_and_sean_sullivan

And yet, there are real concerns within the Republican establishment that members of their party won't look before they leap when it comes to the right strategic path forward, taking a major political opportunity and blowing it, A la the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, Tom Davis, John Boehner, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Wed May 15, 2013

National Review Online

Jonathan Strong: Prepping for the Debt-Ceiling Battle

At issue is what the GOP should demand in exchange for raising the debt ceiling again in the fall.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Williamsburg, VA, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dave Camp, Paul Ryan

The Hill

Overnight Tech: Pelosi aide to lobby for Facebook

THE LEDE : Facebook announced on Tuesday that Catlin O'Neill, currently a top aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , will join the company's Washington policy office.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Immigration Reform, John Boehner, Republican, Ohio

Tue May 14, 2013

Broadcasting & Cable

House to Debate Internet Freedom Bill

The House is expected late Tuesday to debate H.R. 1580, the Internet Freedom Bill, which has the backing of both the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Communications Subcommittee.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Publishing, Media, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

Mon May 13, 2013

The Oregonian

DeFazio thinks he can fend off rival for top Democratic spot on resources panel

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is in position to become the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources -- if a couple of elections go his way.

Comment?

Related Topix: Peter DeFazio, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader, Republican, US Senate, Ron Wyden

The Daily Caller

Feds to audit Colorado broadband provider over how it spent $100M in stimulus funds

Network engineer Will Duquette adjusts power wires in a fuse panel at Great Works Internet in April in Biddeford, Maine.

Comment?

Related Topix: Representative Scott Tipton, US Politics, US News, Representative Cory Gardner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Agate, CO, Education Etc.

Fri May 10, 2013

The Hill

House to reaffirm need to keep Internet free of government control

The House next week will pass legislation reaffirming that it is U.S. policy to keep the government out of the business of managing the Internet.

Comment?

Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

The Oregonian

Wyden says he will "lay out strategy" this month for a successful O&C forestlands bill

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden says he's preparing to assemble a bill on the state's Oregon and California railroad lands that "can pass the Senate and the House and actually get signed by the president." The Democratic senator chairs the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee and is a central figure in the debate over management of 2.6 million acres ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Peter DeFazio, Representative Kurt Schrader, Oregon House, CA, John Kitzhaber, US Governors

Broadcasting & Cable

EAGLE-Net Resumes Buildout, But Will Be Audited

BTOP grantee says it will resume its broadband infrastructure buildout, but will do so under scrutiny of Commerce IG and House Energy & Commerce Committee This week brought good news and bad for EAGLE-Net Alliance, the $100.6 million Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program grant cable operators have complained has been overbuilding their ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Colorado

Roll Call

House Energy & Commerce Committee Largest Recipient of PAC Money

The top recipient of PAC contributions in the first quarter of 2013 was the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Phil Gingrey, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fred Upton, John Barrow, Democrat, Frank Pallone

Thu May 09, 2013

Denver Post

Inspector General urged to thoroughly examine EAGLE-Net's finances

The Office of Inspector General is planning an audit of Broomfield-based EAGLE-Net Alliance, the recipient of a $100.6 federal broadband grant that has faced intense scrutiny over its network rollout and spending over the past year, according to Colorado Representatives Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton.

Comment?

Related Topix: Representative Scott Tipton, US Politics, US News, Representative Cory Gardner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Colorado

Salem-News.com

Vote Alert: Congressman Walden Votes for 'Pay China First Act'

Congressman Greg Walden just voted to pay Chinese bondholders ahead of American troops and veterans, and our doctors and hospitals.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner

Wed May 08, 2013

Athens Banner-Herald

Mark Sanford redeems career, heading to Congress

In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Representative Tim Scott, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, US Senate, Jim DeMint

Broadcasting & Cable

Christopher Yoo Says He Has Asked Not to Be Considered for FCC Post

Academic, author and network neutrality rule skeptic Christopher Yoo tells B&C/MultiChannel News that he is not a candidate for the FCC Republican seat being vacated by Robert McDowell, at least not now.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell

Tue May 07, 2013

The Raw Story

Mark Sanford defeats Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina special election

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford completed a political comeback on Tuesday by defeating his Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, South Carolina, South Carolina Government, US Politics, Republican

Switched

Republicans Sean Duffy, Phil Gingrey Oppose Obama's Social Security Cut

Two House Republicans have told constituents they oppose proposed cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits by reducing the cost of living adjustment, according to letters they sent to constituents.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Social Security, Personal Finance, US Politics, Phil Gingrey, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Sean Duffy, Barack Obama