Wallowa County Republican Central Committee

November 7, 2008, MORNING UPDATE:

MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS made a valiant effort to fend off a national ‘anti-Republican’ tsunami. I can’t say strongly enough how proud I am of the individual efforts by so many of our Republican grass-root supporters. As I traveled the state this last week on our ‘Fight to the Finish Tour,’ there was story after story of creative door-to-door blitzes, localized calling rallies, and candidates fighting hard against long odds. Michigan Republicans rallied as a team to fight to the finish, regardless of what pundits and others said or did.

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On this day in 1964, Ronald Reagan spoke to a nationwide television audience on behalf of the Republican presidential nominee. Here are the words of Ronaldus Magnus:

“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to man.

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Alley emerges as our clear choice for state treasurer

East Oregonian
October 11, 2008

When Allen Alley first showed up at the East Oregonian one Monday morning, we thought he might be a fringe candidate who was simply filling out a ballot devoid of Republican candidates.

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Endorsement based on input from VFW leaders in Oregon, strong support of veterans, national security/defense and military personnel issues; Walden to attend news conference in Redmond, Saturday, October 11.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Political Action Committee (VFW-PAC) will officially endorse Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) in his bid for re-election to the United States House of Representatives Saturday in Redmond at the VFW hall.

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Focus shifts to inserting county payments into an economic stimulus package without payment means being proposed by Democratic leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Greg Walden’s (R-Ore.) latest attempts today to reinsert a four-year extension of the county timber payments program (approved 93-2 by the Senate earlier this week) was blocked by the Democratic leadership on the House floor. The leadership used a procedural motion to block Walden’s attempt to offer the Senate version of the energy tax legislation, which included the four-year extension.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier today, Congressman Walden addressed the House of Representatives to discuss the House majority leadership’s removal of a four-year extension of county timber payments from a Senate energy tax bill. You can find links to the video below:

Part 1: Video 1

Part 2: Video 2

Congressman Walden represents the people of Oregon’s Second District, which is comprised of 20 counties in eastern, southern, and central Oregon. He is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

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There will be a public forum on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm at the Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise.

Come hear what your candidates for Sheriff, County Commissioner Position 1 and County Commissioner Position 2 have to say about their candidacy and how they plan on making a difference in Wallowa County.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has confirmed that the House Republican leadership has agreed to his request to use the powers granted to the minority to force two separate votes on county payments today as the House debates its version of the energy tax legislation. Yesterday, the Democratic House leadership revealed it would strip the four-year county payments extension from the bill it would put forward, and earlier today on a party-line vote the Democrats on the House Rules Committee defeated an amendment offered by Congressman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) which would have put county payments funding back into the bill.

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Urges House leadership to reconsider and keep Senate bill intact
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today released the following statement after learning that House majority leadership decided to drop the four-year extension of county payments from an energy tax package passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 93-2 in the Senate last night.

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US Congressman Greg Walden who was visiting Wallowa County over the weekend to take part in the 100 Year Rail Road Celebration also visited with KWVR’s Susan Roberts for two interviews Saturday afternoon. Click on the links below to listen to what Greg Walden had to say on current issues locally and nation wide.

Interview 1

Interview 2

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