The Internet Tax Freedom Act was co-authored by which Oregon Senator?
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Internet Tax Freedom Act The 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act is a United States law authored by Representative Christopher Cox and Senator Ron Wyden, and signed into law as title XI of Pub.L. 105–277 on October 21, 1998 by President Bill Clinton in an effort to promote and preserve the commercial, educational, and informational potential of the Internet. The law bars federal, state and local governments from taxing Internet access and from imposing discriminatory Internet-only taxes such as bit taxes, bandwidth taxes, and email taxes. It also bars multiple taxes on electronic commerce.
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Ron Wyden Ronald Lee Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996. He is the current dean of Oregon's Congressional Delegation.
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Bud Pierce William C. "Bud" Pierce (born October 3, 1956) is an American physician and politician. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2016 special election.
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Kate Brown Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician who is the 38th and current Governor of Oregon. Brown, a Democrat and an attorney, previously served as Oregon Secretary of State and as majority leader of the Oregon State Senate, where she represented portions of Milwaukie and of Northeast and Southeast Portland.
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Randy Brogdon Randall C. "Randy" Brogdon (born June 17, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He was a state senator for Oklahoma's 34th senate district from 2002 until 2011. Brogdon ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2010 on a platform of tax cuts and reducing the role of government. He was defeated by Mary Fallin. On December 25, 2013, Brogdon announced that he would challenge incumbent Governor Fallin in the 2014 gubernatorial election. However, he withdrew to run for the U.S. Senate in a special election triggered by the retirement of Tom Coburn. He lost the nomination to representative James Lankford. In April 2015, he was elected as chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
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Brad Avakian Bradley Paul "Brad" Avakian (Armenian: Բրատ Ավագյան born February 4, 1961) is the Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. He was appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski on April 8, 2008 and subsequently elected statewide on November 4, 2008. He was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. While the Commissioner of Labor and Industries has been a nonpartisan position since 1995, Avakian is known to be a Democrat; he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a member of that party, and ran in a Democratic primary election for the United States House of Representatives.
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Andy Olson Andy Olson (born November 6, 1952) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He serves in the Oregon House of Representatives for District 15, representing parts of Linn and Benton counties, including the city of Albany. Olson served as co-speaker pro tempore in the 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly with Democrat Tina Kotek due to a power-sharing arrangement in the evenly divided Oregon House.
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Dan Gardner (politician) Dan Gardner is an American politician from the state of Oregon. Gardner served as the Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries from 2003 to 2008. He is an electrician by profession. He was elected Commissioner of Labor and Industries in 2002 and reelected in 2006. He resigned in 2008 to take a job with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Washington, D.C.
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Jim Hill (Oregon politician) Jim Hill (born April 23, 1947) is an attorney, financial consultant, and politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served two terms as Oregon State Treasurer from January 4, 1993, to January 1, 2001, and had previously served in both the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives. He was born in Atlanta.
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Earl Blumenauer Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon 's 3 congressional district , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. He previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996.
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Frank L. Roberts Frank Livezey Roberts (December 28, 1915 – October 31, 1993) was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, Roberts served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives and most of five terms in the Oregon Senate before resigning due to poor health. Roberts was married three times, including to Barbara Roberts, who was the first woman to serve as Governor of Oregon, and to Betty Roberts, who was the first woman to serve as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.
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Larry Pogemiller Lawrence "Larry" J. Pogemiller (born September 18, 1951) is a politician from Minnesota, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he represented northeast Minneapolis districts in the Minnesota Legislature from 1981 to 2011, and served as the Senate's majority leader from 2007 to 2011. As majority leader, he was chair of the Senate Rules Committee and its subcommittees, and also served on the Senate Tax Committee.
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Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981. He is known for heading the Church Committee, which investigated abuses in the United States Intelligence Community.
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Teresa Alonso Leon Teresa Alonso Leon (born 1975) is an American Democratic politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 22nd district, which covers parts of Marion County along Interstate 5, from Woodburn down to northern Salem.
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Randall Edwards (politician) Randall Edwards (born August 13, 1961) is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat, Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000, and reelected in 2004, after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the state treasury from 1992–1996, and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
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David Langhorst David Langhorst is one of four commissioners of the Idaho Tax Commission, and formerly a Democratic member of the Idaho Senate, representing the 16th District from 2004 to 2008. He was previously a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2002 through 2004.
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Paul L. Patterson Paul Linton Patterson (July 18, 1900 – January 31, 1956) was an American Republican politician. A native of Ohio, he served in World War I before becoming an attorney in Oregon. Later he served as President of the Oregon State Senate (1951–1952) and the 26th Governor of Oregon (1952–1956), dying in office.
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United States Senate election in Oregon, 1998 The 1998 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to his first full term, defeating Republican nominee John Lim, a state senator.
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Michael R. Gottfredson Michael Ryan Gottfredson (born January 16, 1951) is the former President of the University of Oregon, serving from August 1, 2012 to August 6, 2014.
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Charles Hanlon Charles J. Hanlon (September 15, 1918 – September 9, 1990) was the first independent member of the U.S. state of Oregon's legislature elected in 50 years, and the fifth in Oregon history. He served three terms in the Oregon Senate, from 1976 to 1986.
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Jackie Winters Jackie Winters (born April 15, 1937) is an American Republican politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She currently serves as a state senator, representing the 10th district in Salem.
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Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is a U.S. politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and assault of women emerged.