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Below is an abbreviated outline of Wyden's academic, professional, and political career: [3]. At the beginning of the th Congress , Wyden was assigned to the following committees: [4]. Wyden served on the following committees: [5]. Wyden served on the following Senate committees: [6] [7]. In December , it was announced that Wyden, who was expected to take over as the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in , would take over sooner, with the appointment of Max Baucus as U.
Ambassador to China. Wyden said in a statement, "The Senate Finance Committee has many important responsibilities which include promoting job creation, ensuring competitiveness and stabilizing the nation's fiscal health. I also look forward to continuing my work on preserving the Medicare guarantee and protecting retirement security, updating the nation's tax system with a focus on growth, fairness and efficiency and ensuring that fiscal policy supports keeping jobs here in America.
Wyden assumed the Finance chairmanship in early In order to do so, he left his previous position as chair of the Energy and Natural Resources panel , which created an opening for Mary Landrieu D. Wyden served on the following Senate committees: [9].
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The first session of the th Congress enacted into law six out of the 2, introduced bills 0. Comparatively, the th Congress had 1. In the second session, the th Congress enacted out of 3, introduced bills 4.
Comparatively, the th Congress had 7. For more information pertaining to Wyden's voting record in the th Congress, please see the below sections. On May 22, , the Senate passed HR , which was used as a legislative vehicle for trade legislation with the titles "Trade Act of " and the "Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of ," by a vote of The bill proposed giving the president trade promotion authority TPA.
TPA, also known as fast track authority, allows the president to negotiate trade deals that cannot be amended by Congress.
Congress casts a simple up or down vote on a trade agreement, and the legislation only requires a simple majority for approval. The bill also included a statement of trade priorities and provisions for trade adjustment assistance. Wyden voted with 13 other Democratic senators to approve the bill. Wyden was one of 13 Democrats to vote in favor of the bill. On May 5, , the Senate voted to approve SConRes11 , a congressional budget proposal for fiscal year , by a vote of The non-binding resolution will be used to create 12 appropriations bills to fund the government before funding runs out on October 1, The vote marked the first time since that Congress approved a joint budget resolution.
All 44 Democrats , including Wyden, voted against the resolution. The bill "authorizes FY appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense DOD programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation.
The bill increased military and domestic spending levels and suspended the debt ceiling until March On May 7, , the Senate voted to approve HR - A bill to provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes, by a vote of The bill required President Barack Obama to submit the details of the nuclear deal with Iran for congressional review. Congress had 60 days to review the deal and vote to approve, disapprove or take no action on the deal.
During the review period, sanctions on Iran could not be lifted. All 43 Democratic senators who voted, including Wyden, approved the bill. Hire More Heroes Act of On September 10, , the Senate voted to filibuster the measure to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal by a vote of Wyden voted with 39 Democrats and two Independents against proceeding to the measure of disapproval. Hire More Heroes Act of follow up votes On September 15, , the Senate voted for a second time to filibuster the measure to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal by a vote of The amendment proposed prohibiting "the President from waiving, suspending, reducing, providing relief from, or otherwise limiting the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran.
It became law on June 2, Wyden voted with 13 Democrats , six Republicans and one independent against the bill. The bill proposed withholding federal funding from "sanctuary jurisdictions" that violate the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of and other federal immigration laws.
In addition, the bill proposed increasing "penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed" and providing "liability protection for State and local law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement. The second session of the th Congress enacted into law out of the introduced bills 7 percent.
Comparatively, the th Congress had 4. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, , with a vote of 63 - Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies. In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border, without any due process involved.
Paul and other civil liberties activists criticized President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster - 13 Republicans and one Democrat. Wyden was the lone Democratic senator to join Paul in his filibuster.
Democrat Dick Durbin also spoke, but he only asked questions and was not officially a part of the filibuster. Wyden said the following during the filibuster, "I want it understood that I have great respect for this effort to really ask these kinds of questions. And Senator Paul has certainly been digging into these issues in great detail. According to the website Breitbart , there were 30 Republican senators who did not support the filibuster.
The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul , responding to the filibuster. Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U. The answer to that is no. During the shutdown in October , the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, , just hours before the debt ceiling deadline.
The bill to reopen the government, H. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies. Wyden voted with the Democratic Party for the bill. Wyden voted for H.
The bill passed the Senate on January 31, , with a vote of 64 - The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill.
The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, , with a vote of 39 - The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted. It would also require miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines. Wyden voted for S.
The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, , with a vote of 78 - The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons.
All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans. Wyden voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in and , while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, Among other points, the legislation would pay young people to work in wildfire-prone areas doing fuels treatments and community protection work, among other conservation work nationwide.
Wyden said the racial justice protests of changed the way he thinks about his job. For example, he said, the Senate Finance Committee is looking at racial injustices in the health care system. These challenges are going to have to be priorities for every single senator, for every single committee, and they will be at the top of my list.
It creates jobs. Though the campaigns are more than a year from entering high gear, speculation is already mounting about which Democratic leaders might be considering seeking higher office. Kate Brown is term-limited out of office in
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