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January 25, 2019

Some of Oregon's congressional representatives met with TSA and air traffic controllers at Portland International Airport to talk about the shutdown.

Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader are reacting to the news of Friday's deal

They said this deal is a good step forward, but they are not out of the woods yet.


January 24, 2019
Each day the federal government requires ‘excepted’ employees to perform work without pay is untenable and the DoL has the authority to help ease that hardship by allowing these ‘excepted’ federal employees the ability to apply for unemployment insurance.

January 24, 2019
We are concerned that rescission of the guidance reflects a lack of commitment on the part of the Departments to fully enforce federal civil rights law that is intended to ensure that students are not discriminated against because of their race, color, or national origin.

January 22, 2019

Furloughed and unpaid federal workers from around the state were bracing for more financial uncertainty while also receiving emergency help from food pantries to feed their families as the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history entered its second month and 32nd day on Tuesday.


January 21, 2019

They're together again for the first time in 40 years.


January 19, 2019
President Trump said he would be ‘proud to shut down the government;’ now he must end it and do so immediately before more people are hurt.

January 19, 2019

Members of Oregon's delegation to the U.S. Capitol have parked the blame for the


January 18, 2019

As furloughed federal workers scramble to cover their bills, members of Congress are imploring the Education Department to help those workers manage their student loans during the partial government shutdown.


January 18, 2019

Members of Oregon's congressional delegation went to the Oregon Food Bank on Friday to highlight the impact the partial shutdown of the federal government is having.

The government shutdown is now heading into its 5th week and federal workers are struggling without pay.


January 18, 2019

A new Democratic bill to give legal status to illegal immigrant farmworkers is positive but lacks any foreign guestworker reform, says Michael Marsh, president of the National Council of Agricultural Employers.