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Politics & Technology - Mandate Media
The Mayor of Waldport, Herman Welch, has abandoned the Republican Party with a stinging rebuke in a letter to the editor of the Oregonian: At the age of 74 and after 53 years, I have finally quit the Republican Party and have re-registered as an independent voter. Most of us understand that the president's economic recovery program is not perfect and perhaps has flaws. But we also understand that our country is in the midst of a very serious crisis. The president understands the gravity of the problem and is trying to do something about it. The Republicans in Congress...
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Politics & Technology - Mandate Media
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 61-37 to pass a bill that will expand the size of the House of Representatives from 435 members to 437 members. The House will take up the bill next week, but it's expected to easily pass there (as it has in previous years.) Why two new seats? Well, the last seat, #437, will be guaranteed to the District of Columbia, providing some measure of congressional representation to its residents. (They still won't have any seats in the U.S. Senate.) Seat #436 will be allocated through the usual reapportionment process. For now, that means Utah will...
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Politics & Technology - Mandate Media
By Senator Jeff Merkley. Editor's Note: The Senator will be joining us live at 3 p.m. to answer your questions here at BlueOregon. America's economy is caught in a vicious vortex. This vortex is created by three interlocking factors; a jobs crisis, a lending crisis, and a mortgage crisis. If we don't address all three crises, the vortex will continue and pull America from a severe recession into a depression, with enormous damage to the financial standing of American families. Since taking office, I've been concerned that not enough attention has been paid to the third component – the mortgage...