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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 11 > DeFazio pulls his timber payments bill when Wyden won’t sign on

DeFazio pulls his timber payments bill when Wyden won’t sign on

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
March 11, 2009

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio floated a plan to make county timber payments permanent, then abruptly pulled it back on Tuesday, after his proposal failed to garner support from Oregon’s U.S. senators.

DeFazio, D-Springfield, has been one of the top advocates of the....

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