Senator Ron Wyden (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 01/30/1996
Next Election: 2016
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Nancy; 4 Children: Adam, Lilly, William, Ava
Birth date: 05/03/1949
Birthplace: Wichita, KS
Home City: Portland OR
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Co-Founder/Co-Director, Oregon Gray Panthers, 1974-1980 Director, Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly, 1977-1979 University Instructor, Gerontology

Education

JD, University of Oregon, 1974 BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1971

Committees

Budget
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Select Committee on Intelligence
Special Committee on Aging
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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