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Imagine trying to learn a new job amid sweeping changes and landmark legislation.

The war in Afghanistan and the health care bill are consuming much of Washington's oxygen today, but looming in the background is a high-stakes clash over what to do with an estimated $210 billion in unspent and returned cash from the government's rescue of Wall Street.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Oregon Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, and David Wu spoke at the unveiling of the first street car built in America in 60 years by United Streetcar, a Clackamas subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works.

Opinionline Archives Opposing view: Put Americans to work Invest unused bailout money in job-creating public works projects.

Fellow bike nerds, read this slowly , lest you begin hyperventilating. The only thing that could make it better is if Secretary Chu and Jessica Alba showed up too.

MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * President Obama talks up human rights in China .

House Minority Leader John Boehner and Representative Thaddeus McCotter issue a statement that warns the Obama administration's health care reform proposal would provide for "government-encouraged euthanasia" of senior citizens.

Congressman Earl Blumenauer says he's just a regular fellow "trying to get things accomplished." As a result, the Oregon Democrat tells me, he spends much of his time "looking for ideas that can bring people together -- simple, straightforward ideas that would help people and their families." And so he proposed the infamous "death panels." Really.

Democrats in Congress want to use unspent TARP funds to support homeowners and struggling workers, according to The Hill .

The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare. They include such measures as accountable care organizations to take charge of a patient's needs with an eye on both cost and quality, and chronic disease management to make sure the seriously ill, who are responsible for the bulk of all health care costs, are treated properly.

" The 'death panel' episode shows how the news media, after aiding and abetting falsehood, were unable to perform their traditional role of reporting the facts.

From the Washington Examiner : President Obama called the tea partiers "extremists" in front of Democrat House members.

Protestors stand outside of Congressman Kurt Scharder's Oregon City office to protest health care reform last week.

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said today that his name should have been among Northwest congressional colleagues who signed a letter voicing their support for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

President Barack Obama has caught flak for reportedly calling the conservative activists that descended on Capitol Hill twice in the past week a oetea bag, anti-government people.a The description comes from a New York Times blog written by Jackie Calmes featuring a quote provided by Rep.

The Honorable Mr. Owens, now the official representative in the U.S Congress for the 23rd District of New York, is off to a fine start, at least by Democrat standards.

Hey, smarty pants. Want to look smart in the bar later, when someone brings up the topic of health reform? Here's how: 1. PELOSI BROUGHT IT HOME .

Categories Archives Buck Ofama Propagandist in Chief. Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr.

As freedom loving Americans from around Iowa headed to Des Moines this weekend, President Barack Obama was calling these same U.S. taxpayers "extremists", during an effort to rally the Democrats to pass PelosiCare.

President Obama, in his pitch to Democrats on the Hill today : Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr.