WASHINGTON — The more the chief executive of Wells Fargo tried to explain, the more skeptical the senators became. For more than two hours testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, John G. Stumpf expressed regret that Wells Fargo had created as many as two million bogus bank and
When Senate Democrats announced a new push for a public option in Obamacare last week, the private insurance industry swung into action. And it did so quickly. On Friday, the industry’s main trade group sent out an “action alert” to members, asking them to call Senate offices and offering a
Among all the buildings going up in the biggest boom in Portland real estate history, only one of them can be called the first of its kind in the nation. It’s a simple four-story building called Albina Yard on North Albina Street. It has a few noteworthy residents on the
Last week, regulators fined Wells Fargo $185 million for opening millions of bank account and credit cards without its customers’ permission. Now, five U.S. senators are asking the bank if it still plans to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to executives and board members who oversaw the practice. In the letter to Wells Fargo Chairman
A bill to clean up the Columbia River basin overwhelmingly passed the Senate Thursday and now moves on to the House. The Columbia Basin Restoration Act, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, sets up a grant program to get farmers, tribes and government entities to reduce their
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., visited the North by Northeast Community Health Center Friday to talk with health care advocates about his efforts in the Senate to call for a public option, similar to Medicare, in the health insurance market. On Thursday, Merkley introduced a Senate resolution with Senators Charles E.
WASHINGTON — Progressive senators and activists are launching a campaign Thursday calling for every American to have the choice of a public health insurance option. They aim to build on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s support for a public option with what they hope will be the biggest health care push
WASHINGTON ? Progressive senators and liberal activist groups plan a renewed effort to achieve what they couldn’t when the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010: Create a “public option” health plan in Obamacare that consumers can choose instead of private insurance. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday that would provide up to 50 new houses for Columbia River tribal members. Now it’s up to Congress to make it a reality. The bill calls for between 41 and 49 houses to be built near the Bonneville Dam for tribal members
Hillary Clinton releases a second letter from her doctor, while Donald Trump takes the stage with Dr. Oz. But first: the public option rises again. IS IT TIME FOR PUBLIC OPTION? SENATE DEMOCRATS LEAD NEW PUSH TODAY — Top legislators and prominent progressives are throwing their weight behind the public option
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