Two names opted out of the upcoming Goobernatorial contest very recently: Steve Sheilds on the Democratic side, and Rep.

If they didn't know better, the 215 people who attended Saturday evening's Flegel Victory Dinner might have thought John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury were working on the same campaign.

The Bend Bulletin newspaper reported Thursday that U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, won't run for Oregon governor.

The U.S. House has lent support to efforts to restore a Willamette Valley stream degraded over the years by lightly regulated logging, trashy campers and rowdy partiers.

Cook Report: "Very weak" Oregon GOP has "no enthusiasm" for challenging Wyden Over at the Cook Political Report, they've done their baseline report on the U.S. Senate race in 2010.

Today members of Congress continued to press national health officials on the discrepancy between H1N1 vaccine supply and public demand.

Bearing signs and shouting slogans, about 100 protesters braved the cold weather Friday to show support or express disdain for U.S. Rep.

The return of Kingsley Field employees who were temporarily transferred to Idaho this summer comes with economic benefits for Klamath Falls.

Linda Sindt has only the utmost respect for the men who have served in the U.S. military since the nation was founded.

Small businesses in Oregon need health care reform guest column by Nancie Koerber of Central Point.

U.S. Congressman Greg Walden marked his 382nd trip between Oregon and Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

The debate on the Affordable Health Care for American Act went late into the night Saturday.

The plan to reel in insurance practices and provide healthcare to all Americans now goes to the Senate for approval.

Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, talks with crowd on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday during a Republican rally to oppose health care legislation.

In September, Rep. Greg Walden organized a discharge petition in order to force a vote on a resolution that would "require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72-hours before consideration by the House." " It's just common sense : Americans should be allowed to read the text of major bills before Congress votes ...

Congressional members are urging the U.S. Forest Service to speed a land swap on Mt.

It's a continued battle against bureaucracy for a local man who says his 8-year-old grandson is stuck in a foreign country.

Several Texas lawmakers are united on waiting until at-risk populations receive the scarce H1N1 flu shots before getting their own, even though a congressional colleague has caught the swine flu.

U.S. Rep Greg Walden appears to be the first U.S. Congressman to come down with the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu.