Wyden’s plan takes heat, but largely on principle

Union raises issue with the tax, though few of its members would be affected

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
June 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden’s health care plan is being assailed by one of his erstwhile allies: the state’s public employees union, which says he’s raising taxes on the middle class, in a statewide telephone campaign that kicked off a....

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