During the confirmation hearing for Trump's OMB nominee Russell Vought in the Senate this week, Senator Ron Wyden went scorched earth on Vought over the importance of healthcare programs such as Medicaid.

This article was updated to correct Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.) role on the Senate Finance Committee The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 on Tuesday morning to advance

Duing the confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent in the Senate this week, Senator Ron Wyden went scorched earth on nominee to be Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says Congress sometimes resembles a “poorly produced WWE wrestling match,” and getting the House and Senate out of the ring and working together is going to take a whole lot of chutzpah.

Presidents can designate national monuments unilaterally. But as WW reported last year, Oregon’s senior Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden declined the opportunity to ask Biden to make the Owyhee Canyonlands a monument because he preferred a wilderness designation ( “Canyon Standoff,” Sept. 25, 2024 ).

President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning. The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources

As Trump returns to the White House with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate, Democrats are searching for a way forward. Ron Wyden, the second-most senior Senate Democrat, offers strategies in a new book,

U.S. lawmakers confirmed a key member of President Donald Trump’s national security team Thursday, voting 74-25 to make John Ratcliffe director of the country’s premier spy agency.

Tuesday to support Scott Bessent’s nomination as Treasury Secretary, clearing the way for his confirmation on the Senate floor as soon as this week. All of the panel’s Republicans voted yes, along wit

The memo called out millions of dollars in losses Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent claimed related to his investment in a conservative publishing house, among other issues.

Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Finance panel, said that voters won't get the economy change they want from the Trump economic team. In his opening statement,

Democrats who voted for the nominees still expressed their misgivings with President Donald Trump's energy policies.