Schrader takes budget plan straight to home district
Kurt Schrader, Democratic representative from Oregon’s 5th district, held a town hall meeting on Jan. 9 at Gladstone Senior Center to discuss his fiscal priorities in Congress. After presenting a Powerpoint with facts and figures about the federal budget, and his plan for reducing the deficit and preventing the dismantling of Medicare and Social Security, a question and answer session was held.
I approached our congressman shortly after the meeting, which lasted about an hour, to ask him about how the political climate might change if a Republican were elected president this year.

Elise Brown, senior, has always felt comfortable standing up and giving her opinion in front of everyone and for the most part, she enjoys it very much....