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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Julia Silverman / The Bulletin
July 31, 2008
PORTLAND — For weeks now, Republican Sen. Gordon Smith has been hammering his Democratic challenger, Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley, in television ads that imply Merkley has never met a tax hike he didn’t like.
On Wednesday, Merkley struck back with his own lengthy....
