Peter DeFazio News

In a show of political support the likes of which I've never seen, a host of elected officials were on hand this morning to welcome U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to Portland.

Senate President Peter Courtney has ruled out a run for governor. The Salem Democrat told the Statesman Journal newspaper his thousands of votes and perhaps that many off-the-cuff statements during a quarter-century in the Legislature would make it tough for him to win a statewide contest.

Oregon Congressmen Kurt Schrader, David Wu and Earl Blumenauer voted for the climate change bill.

Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio has introduced legislation to impose a financial transactions tax on oil futures trades as a way to raise money for U.S. transportation projects.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., believes another kind of fuel tax could be the cure for the Highway Trust Fund's ills: a tax on crude oil contracts.

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird cast his vote for the House climate change bill despite the fact that it contained a 300-page amendment added in the wee hours of Friday that members had no chance to read.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a landmark climate bill on Friday, passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a narrow 219-212 margin.

Here we go again . The late-stage whip count on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 has produced a particular political irony.

I'm noticing an increasing number of people who don't turn off cell phones in flight.

The U.S. House narrowly passed legislation to impose the nation's first limits on greenhouse- gas emissions linked to , handing a win on one of his top policy priorities.

Climate bill may come down to DeFazio Charlie Burr Will Congressman Peter DeFazio support the climate change bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009? AsAl Gore, President Obama and other environmental leaders worked the phones, the bill's fate in the House appears very much up in the air.

Democratic Congressmen on ACES Climate Bill: "Doing nothing actually results in more renewable energy than approving ACES" Rep Doggett : "Doing nothing actually results in more renewable energy than approving ACES... I cannot support it." Representative Doggett : "Doing nothing actually results in more renewable energy than approving ACES...

The trees in the Oregon Coast Range's Devil's Staircase area have never been logged.

After the state Democratic party filed a complaint, the Oregon secretary of state's office has asked Republican Mayor Sid Leiken of Springfield for records of campaign filings.

Reducing carbon doesn't have to put mainstream Oregon at risk from Wall Street sharks.

Oregon congressional candidate Sid Leiken on Wednesday sought to quell controversy over a campaign expenditure that had drawn a formal complaint from the state Democratic Party.

Ted Kulongoski. DeFazio, an 11-term veteran A whom political insiders say is still mulling a 2010 run for the position Kulongoski will vacate after next year, eviscerated two of the Democratic governor's top environmental policy iniatives.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top House transportation authorizers had harsh words Thursday for the Obama administration's request to postpone a new highway bill for 18 months, but their counterparts in the Senate expressed relief at getting the issue off their plates.

Oregon soldiers will find it easier to avoid repossessions, keep their jobs, stay in college, get a home loan and spend time with their families because of the 2009 Legislature.

In addition to funding military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war-funding bill passed by the House Tuesday included: Foreign aid: $10.4 billion for international aid, including $1.4 billion for Afghanistan and $2.4 billion for Pakistan.