US Senator from Oregon since 1996. Senior member and former chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Co-author of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Long-time advocate for privacy, surveillance reform, and tax-policy transparency. Previously served in the US House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996.
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Ron Wyden
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Public positions Ron Wyden has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Capital gains taxation"Advocates taxing capital gains and labor income at similar rates for top earners"
- Child tax credit"Supports making the expanded child tax credit permanent"
- Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act"Co-author of Section 230; defends platform liability shields while supporting targeted carve-outs"
- Wealth tax"Introduced the Billionaires Income Tax proposing annual taxation of unrealized gains on the very wealthy"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.