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Oregon's 1st District representative, also top Democrat on the House environment subcommittee, said administrator 'put nation at risk' with policies, not just his spending abuses and questions about government ethics.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, long a critic of Scott Pruitt, welcomed his resignation Thursday as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the past 16 months.
Portland Ore – Senator Jeff Merkley, Governor Kate Brown and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici joined with Planned Parenthood and others Thursday to rally Oregonians to pressure members of the Senate to block any presidential nominee for the Supreme Court who would threaten a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion. The President is expected to announce a nominee within days to fill the vacancy resulting from Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's decision to retire at the end of this month.
Three of the highest-ranking Democrats in Oregon—U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Gov. Kate Brown and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici—are sounding an alarm over what a new Supreme Court justice could mean for legal abortion in the United States.
The US Supreme Court announced its opinion on the Janus vs. ASCME case this morning, ruling that government workers who choose not to join unions will not be required to pay union fees to fund collective bargaining work. Oregon's unions and politicians remain confident that this blow to the national labor movement will not destroy the local organized labor movement.
SHERIDAN, Ore. – Some faith communities in Oregon are holding their Sunday services outside of a federal prison in Sheridan, where more than 100 undocumented immigrants seeking asylum are being held.
The groups say that 121 undocumented immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are being held at the Federal Correctional Institution medium-security prison in Sheridan.
majority of them from India. Photo credit: www.bop.gov
US lawmakers denounce President Trump's cruel and callous ‘zero-tolerance' immigration policy.
WASHINGTON, DC: Under President Donald Trump's ‘zero-tolerance' immigration policy, 52 Indian nationals are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a federal prison in Oregon without any meaningful legal access which is in violation of the US Constitution, federal immigration laws and international treaties.
It's undeniable that all over the world, young people are making waves. From gun control to higher education, the millennial generation has proven itself as one that shouldn't be underestimated.