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Ronald Lee Wyden (/ ˈ w aɪ d ə n / WY-dən; born May 3, 1949) 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.
Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Ron Wyden (serving since 1996) and Jeff Merkley (serving since 2009). Mark Hatfield was the state's longest serving senator (1967–1997). Prior to 1906, U.S. senators were elected by the Oregon Legislative Assembly. In 1904, Oregon voters passed a ballot measure that required U.S. senators to be selected ...
Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee ... August 20, 1962 (age 62) Businessman U.S. House: Montana State ... Ron Wyden: Democratic May 3 , 1949 ...
Sen. Ron Wyden's optimism is being tested in the 50-50 Senate as he tries to bring Joe Manchin onboard to support Build Back Better.
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, a Democrat who has been called both pro-trade and pro-labor, now holds major sway over President Joe Biden's trade agenda, with his buy-in needed to ...
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate youth residential treatment facilities operated by multiple national health care companies, alleging evidence of ...
Senator Party State Seniority date Other factors 1 1743 Chuck Grassley: Republican Iowa: January 3, 1981 2 1766 Mitch McConnell: Republican Kentucky: January 3, 1985 3 1801 Dianne Feinstein [a] Democratic California: November 4, 1992 4 1812 Patty Murray: Democratic Washington: January 3, 1993 5 1827 Ron Wyden: Democratic Oregon: February 5 ...