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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oregon Small Business Champion of the Year first two-time winner</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Passage of Small Business Bill of Rights made Portland civic leader Chuck Jones the clear choice.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=50233</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop job-killing taxes in Oregon</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Legislators who say their plan only taxes the rich are wrong. Oregonians who signed petitions for Measures 66 and&amp;#160;67 know what this campaign is about.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=50050</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Small Business Asks President Obama to Support Reforms that Help, not Harm</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NFIB head says president can choose to stand with small businesses who need healthcare reform.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49883</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Letter to the editor: healthcare</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NFIB/Oregon leadership council member Dave Easton responds to article in the &lt;em&gt;Forest Grove News Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=45322</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>NFIB/OR SAFE Trust golf tournament was a huge success</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;A special thank you to all who supported the 2009 NFIB/OR SAFE Trust Golf Tournament.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49635</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Join the fight to roll back Oregon tax increases</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NFIB members are encouraged to sign referendum petitions.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49719</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey shows big opposition to Oregon tax hikes</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;State's largest small business group gets green light to join ballot referendum on House Bills 2649 and 3405&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49622</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2009 Oregon Legislative Wrap-Up</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Oregonians were hit with $2 billion in new taxes and fees, higher healthcare costs, and a new California-style, carbon-emissions law.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49546</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two Oregon high school seniors win NFIB scholarships</title>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49195</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oregon Issues Tip Sheet on Healthcare for Laid Off Employees</title>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49070</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop Senate Bill 966 - Paid Family Leave Insurance Program</title>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CALL TO ACTION-Stop Senate Bill 966&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;A recession is no time for a paid family leave insurance program&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;Call your state legislators now&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Proponents of Senate Bill 966 would have you believe it is just a small withholding on your employees' pay. Don't buy it! It would create a paid family leave system that would eventually come after you for the extra money needed to keep the program alive. Furthermore, it is a solution in search of a problem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take Action Now.&lt;/strong&gt; Go here: &lt;a href="http://capwiz.com/nfib/issues/alert/?alertid=13203486&amp;amp;type=ST"&gt;http://capwiz.com/nfib/issues/alert/?alertid=13203486&amp;amp;type=ST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=49018</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2009 Annual Small Business Day at the Capitol and Legislative Lunch March 17</title>
      <description>Join fellow small business owners to talk about legislative issues as they affect small businesses and enjoy lunch with lawmakers.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=48370</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New NFIB/Oregon State Director Brings Government, Native's Knowledge to Job</title>
      <description>Oregon's leading small business group has named Jenna Kaluza as its new state director. A native of the state, Kaluza will help guide small business policy through the Oregon Legislature for the more than 7,000 National Federation of Independent Business members in Oregon.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=48460</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oregon Medical Marijuana Act v. Drug Free Work Policies: Should Oregon Employers be Forced to Hire Drug Users?</title>
      <description>The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, the nation's leading advocate for small business in our nation's courts, is urging the Oregon Supreme Court to uphold the right of employers to maintain a drug-free workplace.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=48375</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>December/January 2009 Oregon MyVOICE</title>
      <description>Special NFIB member report on Small Business Day at the Capitol, activism and voting your State Member Ballot in Oregon, December/January 2009 edition.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=48016</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oregon Small Business Owners Go to the Polls in Last Major Election of the Year</title>
      <description>Voting still continues for Oregon's small business owners, those employers of more workers and generators of more jobs than big business, big labor and big government.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=47981</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>October/November 2008 Oregon MyVOICE</title>
      <description>Special NFIB member report on activism and voting your State Member Ballot in Oregon, October/November 2008 edition.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=47424</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2008 Oregon Voting Record (154KB, PDF)</title>
      <description>Your legislators' voting record on small business issues, 2008 edition.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=47290</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>August/September 2008 Oregon MyVOICE</title>
      <description>Special NFIB member report on the upcoming elections and scholarship winners in Oregon, August/September 2008 edition.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=46741</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Poll of Oregon Small Business Owners Shows Opposition to Paid Family Leave Proposal</title>
      <description>Oregon small business owners are against a proposed law that would create a new payroll deduction to fund a mandated paid family leave program, according to a poll released today by their leading representative group. Each year, the National Federation of Independent Business/Oregon polls its small-business members on the issues vital to their survival as entrepreneurs. The organization has more than 7,000 members in Oregon and releases the results of its survey after a 5 percent or greater initial return.</description>
      <link>http://www.nfib.com/tabid/732/Default.aspx?cmsid=44803</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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