Wyden, Merkley join rally as Eugene-area postal workers picket
The Register-Guard Postal workers, letter carriers and Oregon’s U.S. senators spoke outside the Local Processing Center in Springfield on Tuesday as part of a national day of action to protest consolidation in the Postal Service and advocate for the American Postal Workers Union as it negotiates its contract. Delivering for America The
Senator Merkley blasts court ruling lifting pause on election betting markets
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following statement Wednesday after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary freeze on election betting markets, a ruling that he said will immediately allow legal gambling on U.S. elections while the final verdict in the lawsuit is decided. The suit is
Your car knows more than you think: New law seeks to end data grab
KRON 4 The car is a trusty sidekick for many of us—taking us to work, the store, and maybe a weekend escape. But as U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley points out, it’s become much more: a mobile data-harvesting machine. His new legislation, the Car Privacy Rights Act, aims to pump the brakes on this
Oregon receives $60 million from federal rural program
A federal program that funnels money to roads and schools in rural parts of the country will send around $3.8 million to Central Oregon this year, a number that has steadily declined in recent years. The fund will send more than $1.6 million each to Deschutes and Crook counties and
These Senators Want to Reign in Activist Investors
As shareholder activism reaches unprecedented levels Democrats are taking aim at a new Wall Street target—activist investors. A new bill sponsored by two Senate Democrats, which would tighten disclosure rules for activists, comes at a time when shareholder activism is at an all-time high. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Wisconsin
There Is A New Plan To Stop Wall Street Raiders From Preying On Main Street Companies
WASHINGTON — A new Senate bill tries to make it just a little bit harder for activist hedge funds to exploit healthy companies rather than invest in their future. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Brokaw Acton Thursday, which would strengthen disclosure requirements for activist hedge
Bernie Sanders y Elizabeth Warren van tras los fondos de cobertura activistas
Los senadores Elizabeth Warren de Massachusetts y Bernie Sanders de Vermont van tras los fondos de cobertura activistas. Los senadores han patrocinado un proyecto de ley que busca aumentar la transparencia y la supervisión de los inversionistas activistas que adquieren grandes participaciones en las empresas, generalmente con el objetivo de obtener puestos en la junta y estimular el cambio dentro de las empresas.
2 demócratas del Senado presentan proyecto de ley para frenar los fondos de cobertura de activistas
Dos demócratas del Senado presentaron un proyecto de ley el jueves que apuntaría a los fondos de cobertura activistas y su capacidad para actuar juntos en "manadas de lobos" para superar a las empresas públicas. El proyecto de ley acortaría el número de días que los activistas tienen para revelar las acciones recién adquiridas en una empresa y forzar
Senadores buscan más fondos de infraestructura para evitar otro Flint
Mientras las familias en Flint, Michigan continúan luchando con el agua contaminada con plomo, dieciocho senadores demócratas, incluidos Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley de Oregón, están presionando para aumentar la inversión en reparaciones de infraestructura de agua para evitar futuras crisis de suministros de agua potable contaminada. En una carta al presidente y miembro de rango
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