Earl Blumenauer

The Oregonian endorsed congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) in OR-5 Sunday, saying he was ready to serve Oregonians in Washington D.C.

At first glance, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) is the rare politician that has it easy come re-election time. He’s a popular Democrat facing nominal competition in bleeding-heart liberal Portland. If he wanted to, he could cruise through the November election without breaking a sweat.

PHOENIX -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is in Phoenix Monday to fundraise on behalf of Bob Lord, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

The visit was confirmed at a round table discussion Lord held with U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), who will also be in attendence. Details are few, but the Speaker will be appearing at the event, which will be held Monday evening to benefit Lord in his effort to unseat U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix).

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) said Thursday that he would not be supporting an $850 billion measure to bailout financial institutions that the Senate passed Wednesday night.

The Wall Street bailout bill passed Wednesday night in the Senate included a provision that may be trying to entice Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) to change his vote to support the bill, the radio show Democracy Now: The War and Peace Report said Thursday Morning.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) may have felt the need to leave the campaign trail and head back to Washington to deal with the financial crisis, but two Oregon congressman said they didn't need to put their campaigns on hold because they have already been fulfilling their legislative duties while running for re-election.

There was considerable speculation throughout the Democratic convention in Denver that Portland Rep. Earl Blumenauer would leave Congress next January for a position in Barack Obama's cabinet.

DENVER--While leaders from Colorado, New Mexico, Washington and Massachusetts talked about starting to change to a green-centric economy, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland)  was able to sit back, relax and list Oregon’s accomplishments in the march toward a green economy.

U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) and David Wu (D-Portland) will both have the chance to address Democratic convention goers outside of the Oregon caucus on Tuesday by participating in discussions on policy issues.

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) told Oregon delegates on Monday that Colorado, the host state of the Democratic National Convention, was a state that was ready to vote Democratic after a long string of Republican voting.