Earl Blumenauer OR-03

Earl Blumenauer

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of OR District 3 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Portland City Commissioner from 1987 – 1996; State Delegate from 1973 – 1979
District:   most of Portland east of the Willamette River is in the 3rd District.
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Blumenauer previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996.

Before starting law school in 1970 and until 1977, he worked as an assistant to the president of Portland State University.

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I just announced my Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act. Space travel isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. We pay taxes on plane tickets. Billionaires flying into space—producing no scientific value—should do the same, and then some! #SPACETax

Blumenauer on House passing marijuana decriminalization bill

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Earl Blumenauer 1A lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauer is one of Oregon’s innovative leaders.  Raised in SE Portland, Earl attended Centennial High School.  While still a college student at Lewis and Clark College, he led the campaign in Oregon to lower the voting age. He was a key player just two years later as one of the youngest legislators in Oregon’s history in a landmark session for school funding, ethics reform and Oregon’s groundbreaking land use laws.

As a Multnomah County Commissioner and member of the Portland City Council, Earl’s innovative accomplishments in transportation with light rail, bicycles and the street car, planning and environmental programs and public participation helped Portland earn an international reputation as one of America’s most livable cities.

Elected to the US House of Representatives in 1996, Earl has been a tireless advocate for the 3rd Congressional District. He’s recognized for his creative, innovative policies and accomplishments, and also his political leadership in Oregon and nationwide. He tackles controversial issues and finds ways to break ideological and partisan gridlock with a unique approach to problem solving that brings people together.

He is currently a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman of the subcommittee on Trade and a member of the subcommittee on Health. These assignments give Earl a unique platform to promote critical issues like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. Earl has been a champion for rebuilding and renewing our nation’s infrastructure, economic security for families, protection of public lands, stopping gun violence, ending the prohibition of marijuana, and criminal justice reform.

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Personal

Full Name: Earl Blumenauer

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Margaret; 2 Children: Jon, Anne

Birth Date: 08/16/1948

Birth Place: Portland, OR

Home City: Portland, OR

Religion: Non-Denominational Protestant

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Education

JD, Northwestern School of Law Lewis and Clark College, 1976

BA, Political Science, Lewis and Clark College, 1970

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Oregon, District 3, 1996-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Oregon, District 3, 2022

Commissioner of Public Works, Portland City Council, 1986-1995

Candidate, Mayor of Portland, 1992

Commissioner, Multnomah County Commission, 1978-1986

Candidate, Portland City Council, 1980

Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 3, 1973-1978

Professional Experience

Assistant, President, Portland State University, 1970-1977

Offices

Washington, DC Office
1111 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4811
Fax: (202) 225-8941

Portland Office
911 N.E. 11th Ave
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 231-2300
Fax: (503) 230-5413

Contact

Email: Government

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Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

Ways and Means Committee

Caucuses

A caucus is a group of legislators with shared interest in an issue. Caucus members introduce legislation, educate other members of congress, and are public advocates for the issue they champion.

Since coming to Congress in 1996, Congressman Blumenauer has joined many caucuses.

Blumenauer is especially involved with these Caucuses:

Here is a list of all caucuses of which Congressman Blumenauer is a member:

  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
  • LGBT Equality Caucus
  • Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
  • National Guard and Reserve Component Caucus
  • Coalition on Adoption
  • Fitness Caucus
  • Bosnia Caucus
  • Korea Caucus
  • Diabetes Caucus
  • Caucus to Control and Fight Methamphetamine
  • Human Rights Commission
  • House Oceans Caucus
  • Internet Caucus
  • Congressional Asian and Pacific American Caucus
  • Dem Caucus Congressional Taskforce on Seniors
  • Wild Salmon Caucus
  • High Performance Building
  • Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus
  • Congressional Land Conservation Caucus
  • Urban Caucus
  • Wine Caucus
  • Small Brewers Caucus
  • Quality Care Caucus
  • National Service Caucus
  • Congressional Native American Caucus

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Blumenauer.

Issues

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Animal Welfare

The way we treat animals reflects the values that we hold and has a large impact on the livability and vitality of our communities. Earl is a strong advocate for the protection of wild and domestic animals and is recognized as one of the foremost advocates for animal welfare in Congress. He also works to protect the habitat of threatened and endangered species.

Campaign Finance Reform and Good Governance

The strength of our democracy depends upon the strength of the rules governing political spending and speech. Congressman Blumenauer has long been an ardent supporter of campaign finance reform, upholding and strengthening voting rights, a more transparent and accountable redistricting and reapportionment process, and performance-based regulations.

Cannabis Reform

Marijuana policy at the state level has shifted significantly in recent years as states have moved to legalize the drug for both medical and adult use. Unfortunately, federal marijuana policy remains rooted in the past, as all types of marijuana continue to remain illegal under federal law.

Civil and Constitutional Rights

Earl is a strong advocate for human rights and democracy. While there are limits to our ability to impact what goes on in other countries, he believes it’s particularly important that the United States always model and advocate for our deepest held values.

Defense, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs

Providing for the common defense is one of Congress’s most central duties. Earl has worked to ensure that the government takes a comprehensive and long-term approach to defense and homeland security. It is not enough to ensure that America’s military and security personnel are the best in the world.

Education

Congressman Blumenauer believes that a strong and continuing federal support for education is absolutely essential to our success in the 21st century, especially in times of higher enrollments and rapidly emerging new technologies.

Environment and Energy

As a climate champion and a vocal defender of important environmental laws and policies, Earl supports efforts to strengthen the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and more. He has also helped pass new laws that promote clean energy, fight climate change, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and encourage more efficient use of valuable natural resources.

Food and Farm

Agriculture is a critical part of Oregon’s economy. From berries to beef, family farmers, and ranchers are feeding Americans and millions of people around the world. At the same time, farmers are facing new and increasing pressures from climate change, urban sprawl, rising costs, and shrinking water resources.

Foreign Affairs

Congressman Blumenauer believes that Americans, blessed to live in the richest and most powerful country on earth, have a responsibility to create a better, safer world for all of its inhabitants. Leading the way on challenges as diverse as global health, peace, and the environment is the right thing to do and promotes national security and economic well-being at home.

Gun Violence

Gun violence in the United States is not inevitable, nor should Americans accept it as the status quo. Congress, the Administration, state and local governments, and the American people need to address this issue for what it is: a crisis that threatens the well-being and peace of mind of urban and rural communities across the country.

Health Care and Social Security

Congressman Blumenauer is a strong advocate of health care reform to improve outcomes with access to high quality, low cost care. From his position on the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, he has supported efforts to extend access to under- and un-insured people, protect coverage and benefits for our most vulnerable citizens, protect and improve Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and improve health care equity for women, minorities, and the LGBT community.

Housing

Perhaps the greatest challenge communities face is the provision of affordable, accessible housing. Like roads, bridges, transit, and water, housing is an integral infrastructure in any livable community.

Immigration

The United States is long overdue for a more humane and thoughtful approach to immigration. Reforming our immigration policy will not be easy, but that’s no excuse for inaction. It’s long past time for Congress to act on a comprehensive, common-sense solution to our larger systemic problem.

Jobs and the Economy

Congressman Blumenauer works to ensure that American families are safe, healthy, and economically secure. This means, in part, ensuring an economy that works for all Oregonians while safeguarding our environment through smart investments and appropriate oversight of the economic system.

Neuroscience and the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus

In February 2010, when speaking at an OHSU Brain Awareness Lecture, Earl discussed the critical importance of neuroscience research and announced the formation of a Congressional Neuroscience Caucus.

Public Broadcasting

Congress created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in 1968 to promote the growth and development of public media throughout the U.S. Over the last four and a half decades, CPB has been the steward of federal funding, which goes directly to over 1,400 public television and radio stations across the country, supporting 21,000 local jobs.

Tax Fairness

Since coming to Congress in 1996, Congressman Blumenauer has based his fiscal policies on five basic principles: a tax system that addresses income inequality and ensures a living wage for all Americans; funding commitments to our children, seniors, veterans, and the environment; honoring our promises to present and future Social Security and Medicare recipients; paying down our national debt; and avoiding funding shortfalls for important national priorities.

Transportation and Water Infrastructure

Transportation choices play a major role in quality of life, influencing everything from access to economic opportunities to environmental quality and community safety. Congressman Blumenauer is a tireless advocate for increasing the number and variety of transportation choices available to Americans.

Tribal Issues

Congressman Blumenauer strongly believes that our government has a special legal and moral obligation to Native Americans of this country given their sovereign status. This obligation is defined by treaties and statutes, and interpreted by the courts.

Veterans, National Guard and Reserves, Active Duty Military

To sacrifice one’s wellbeing for our nation’s freedoms through service in the armed forces is one of the most profound gifts an individual and his or her family can give to our nation.

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Services

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District

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Oregon’s 3rd congressional district covers most of Multnomah County, including Gresham, Troutdale, and most of Portland east of the Willamette River (parts of Northwest and Southwest Portland lie in the 1st and 5th districts). It also includes the northeastern part of Clackamas County and all of Hood River County. Generally, most of Portland east of the Willamette River is in the 3rd District.

The district has been represented by Democrat Earl Blumenauer since a 1996 special election. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+22, it is the most Democratic district in Oregon.

Wikipedia

Earl Francis Blumenauer[1] (/ˈbluːmənaʊ.ər/ BLOOM-ə-nowər; born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon’s 3rd congressional district since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River.

As a member of the Democratic Party, Blumenauer previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996, when he succeeded Ron Wyden in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wyden was elected to the U.S. Senate after Bob Packwood resigned.

Blumenauer is known for his distinctive bow ties and neon bicycle lapel pins.[2][3] Blumenauer gifts his signature bike pins to fellow congressmen, interns, and staffers.[4]

Early life and education

Blumenauer was born in Portland on August 16, 1948. In 1966, he graduated from Centennial High School on Portland’s east side and then enrolled at Lewis & Clark College.[5] He majored in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark in 1970.[6] Blumenauer completed his education in 1976 when he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the school’s Northwestern School of Law (now Lewis & Clark Law School).[7] Before starting law school in 1970 and until 1977, he worked as an assistant to the president of Portland State University.[5][8]

Early political career

In 1969–70, Blumenauer organized and led Oregon’s “Go 19” campaign, an effort to lower the state voting age (while then unsuccessful, it supported the national trend that soon resulted in the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18). In 1972, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the 11th district in Multnomah County.[9] He was reelected in 1974 and 1976, and continued representing Portland and Multnomah County until the 1979 legislative session.[5] From 1975 to 1981 he served on the board of Portland Community College.[5] After his time in the Oregon legislature, he served on the Multnomah County Commission from 1979 to 1986.[5] He lost a race for Portland City Council to Margaret Strachan in 1981.[10] He left the county commission in March 1986 to run again for city council.[11]

Blumenauer was elected to the Portland City Council in May 1986.[12] His first term began in January 1987,[13] and he remained on the council until 1996.[8] From the start of his first term, he was named the city’s Commissioner of Public Works,[8] which made him the council member in charge of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (also known as the Transportation Commissioner).[14] During his time on the council, Blumenauer was appointed by Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt to the state’s commission on higher education, on which he served in 1990 and 1991.[15] In 1992, Blumenauer was defeated by Vera Katz in an open race for mayor of Portland—to date, only the second time that Blumenauer has lost an election. At the time he was called “the man who probably knows the most about how Portland works”, but he left local politics to run for Congress.[16] After winning election to Congress, he resigned from the city council in May 1996.[17] In 2010, Blumenauer received The Ralph Lowell Award for outstanding contributions to public television.[18][19]

U.S. House of Representatives

Blumenauer during the 105th Congress

Tenure

Blumenauer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1996 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Ron Wyden to the U.S. Senate.[16] He received 69% of the vote, defeating Republican Mark Brunelle.[20] He was elected to a full term that November, and was reelected 10 times without serious difficulty in what has long been Oregon’s most Democratic district, never with less than 66% of the vote.

Blumenauer served as Oregon campaign chair for both John Kerry‘s and Barack Obama‘s presidential campaigns.[21]

In Congress, Blumenauer is noted for his advocacy for mass transit, such as Portland’s MAX Light Rail and the Portland Streetcar,[22] and, as a strong supporter of legislation promoting bicycle commuting, cycles from his Washington residence to the Capitol and even to the White House for meetings.[23]

Among the bills Blumenauer has sponsored that have become law are the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004[24] and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.[25] In addition, the Legal Timber Protection Act passed as part of the 2008 Farm Bill, while the Bicycle Commuter Act passed with the 2008 bailout bill.[26]

Blumenauer was active in pressuring the United States to take greater action during the Darfur conflict.[27]

In the political aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Blumenauer noted that he was among those who had pointed out the vulnerability of New Orleans and encouraged Congress to help that city and the gulf coast get better prepared:

  • 2004: “Barely have we recovered from Hurricane Hugo and we are seeing Hurricane Ivan pose the threat that has long been feared by those in Louisiana, that this actually might represent the loss of the City of New Orleans. Located 15 feet below sea level, there is the potential of a 30-foot wall of water putting at risk $100 billion of infrastructure and industry and countless lives.”[28]
  • 2005: “I recently had the opportunity to view the devastation in Southeast Asia as a result of the tsunami. As appalled as I was by what I saw, I must confess that occasionally my thoughts drifted back to the United States. What would have happened if last September, Hurricane Ivan had veered 40 miles to the west, devastating the city of New Orleans? One likely scenario would have had a tsunami-like 30-foot wall of water hitting the city, causing thousands of deaths and $100 billion in damage…The experience of Southeast Asia should convince us all of the urgent need for congressional action to prevent wide-scale loss of life and economic destruction at home and abroad. Prevention and planning will pay off. Maybe the devastation will encourage us to act before disaster strikes.”[29]
Blumenauer during the 112th Congress

Blumenauer supports the World Trade Organization[30] and has voted for free trade agreements with Peru, Australia, Singapore, Chile,[31] Africa, and the Caribbean.[32] His support for these agreements has angered progressives, environmental and labor activists. In 2004, he voted against the Central America Free Trade Agreement. On September 24, 2007, four labor and human rights activists were arrested in Blumenauer’s office protesting his support for the Peru Free Trade Agreement.[33]

In February 2009, after a domesticated chimpanzee in Connecticut severely mauled a woman, gaining national attention, Blumenauer sponsored the Captive Primate Safety Act to bar the sale or purchase of non-human primates for personal possession between states and from outside the country.[34] In June 2008, Blumenauer had sponsored legislation to ban interstate trafficking of great apes, which had passed in the House but been tabled by the Senate.[35]

Blumenauer received some media attention during the political debate over health care reform for sponsoring an amendment to the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 to change procedures to mandate that Medicare pay for end-of-life counseling.[36] The amendment, as introduced, was based on an earlier proposal cosponsored by Blumenauer and Republican Representative Charles Boustany of Louisiana.[37] The amendment generated controversy, with conservative figures, such as 2008 vice presidential nominee and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, suggesting that the amendment, if made law, would be used as a cover for the federal government to set up “death panels” that would be used to determine which people received medical treatment.[38] Blumenauer called the claim “mind-numbing” and an “all-time low.” His rebuke was echoed by Republican Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia, who called the death panels claim “nuts.”[39]

Blumenauer speaks at the opening ceremony for his namesake bike and pedestrian bridge in Portland, Oregon

On July 24, 2014, Blumenauer introduced the Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014 (H.R. 5195; 113th Congress), a bill that would authorize an additional 1,000 emergency Special Immigrant Visas that the United States Department of State could issue to Afghan translators who served with U.S. troops during the War in Afghanistan.[40][41] He argued that “a failure to provide these additional visas ensures the many brave translators the U.S. promised to protect in exchange for their services would be left in Afghanistan, hiding, their lives still threatened daily by the Taliban.”[41]

Blumenauer skipped all of President Trump’s State of the Union addresses, saying, “I refuse to be a witness to his continued antics.”[42][43] In 2019 he was one of the first lawmakers to come out in support of the Green New Deal.[44]

In July 2019, Blumenauer voted against a House resolution introduced by Representative Brad Schneider opposing efforts to boycott the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel for its continued occupation of Palestine.[45] The resolution passed 398–17.[46]

In November 2020, Blumenauer was named a candidate for Secretary of Transportation in the incoming Biden administration.[47] Pete Buttigieg was eventually chosen instead.[48]

During the 117th Congress, Blumenauer voted with President Joe Biden‘s stated position 99.1% of the time according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[49]

Blumenauer voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[50][51]

On October 30, 2023, Blumenauer announced he would not run for re-election in 2024.[52]

On July 10, 2024, Blumenauer called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.[53]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

In 1996, Blumenauer’s first year in Congress, he voted in support of the Defense of Marriage Act, which passed that year. The law was found unconstitutional in 2013 and repealed.[62] Since then he has supported LGBTQ rights.[63]

On October 1, 2015, following the Umpqua Community College shooting, Blumenauer tweeted[64] his report[65] addressing the issue of gun violence in America, Enough is Enough: A Comprehensive Plan to Improve Gun Safety, which he had published earlier that year.[66]

Blumenauer has supported alternative energy sources, health care reform, and continuing federal support for education.[63] He has supported animal welfare, introducing the Captive Primate Safety Act in 2024.[67] He is also known as one of the most fervent advocates for the legalization of marijuana, co-founding the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.[68][69] He was the chief sponsor of a bill to expand the research of medical cannabis and its drug derivatives that passed the House in July 2022 and the Senate in November.[70]

Personal life

Blumenauer has been married to Margaret Kirkpatrick since 2004.[71]

An avid cyclist, Blumenauer is the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bike Caucus.[72][73]

Each year, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Blumenauer bakes and delivers hundreds of fruitcakes to his colleagues on the Hill.[74][75]

Electoral history

Oregon’s 3rd congressional district: Results 1996–2022[76]

YearDemocraticVotesPctRepublicanVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct
1996 Earl Blumenauer165,92267%Scott Bruun65,25926%Joe KeatingPacific9,2744%Bruce A. KnightLibertarian4,4742%Victoria P. GuillebeauSocialist2,4491%*
1998Earl Blumenauer153,88984%(no candidate)Bruce A. KnightLibertarian16,9309%Walt BrownSocialist10,1996%Write-ins2,3331%
2000Earl Blumenauer181,04967%Jeffery L. Pollock64,12824%Tre ArrowPacific Green15,7636%Bruce A. KnightLibertarian4,9422%Walt BrownSocialist4,7032%*
2002Earl Blumenauer156,85167%Sarah Seale62,82127%Walt BrownSocialist6,5883%Kevin JonesLibertarian4,7042%David BrownlowConstitution3,4951%*
2004Earl Blumenauer245,55971%Tami Mars82,04524%Walt BrownSocialist10,6783%Dale WinegardenConstitution7,1192%Write-ins1,159<1%
2006Earl Blumenauer186,38073%Bruce Broussard59,52923%David BrownlowConstitution7,0033%Write-ins698<1%
2008Earl Blumenauer254,23575%Delia Lopez71,06321%Michael MeoPacific Green15,0634%Write-ins701<1%
2010Earl Blumenauer193,10470%Delia Lopez67,71425%Jeff LawrenceLibertarian8,3803%Michael MeoPacific Green6,1972%Write-ins407<1%
2012Earl Blumenauer264,97974%Ronald Green70,32520%Woodrow BroadnaxPacific Green13,1594%Michael MeoLibertarian6,6402%Write-ins772<1%
2014Earl Blumenauer211,74872%James Buchal57,42420%Michael MeoPacific Green12,1064%Jeffrey J. LanganLibertarian6,3812%David WalkerNon-affiliated1,0891%*
2016Earl Blumenauer274,68772%No candidateDavid W. WalkerIndependent78,15420%David DelkProgressive27,9787%Write-ins1,536<1%
2018Earl Blumenauer279,01973%Tom Harrison76,18720%Marc KollerIndependent21,3526%Gary DyeLibertarian5,7672%Michael MarshConstitution1,487<1%*
2020Earl Blumenauer343,57473%Joanna Harbour110,57024%Alex DiBlasiPacific Green8,8722%Josh SolomonLibertarian6,8692%Write-ins621<1%
2022Earl Blumenauer212,11969%Joanna Harbour79,76626%David E DelkPacific Green10,9823%Write-ins467<1%

Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, write-ins received 531 votes. In 2000, write-ins received 576 votes. In 2002, write-ins received 1094 votes. In 2014, write-ins received 1,089 votes. In 2018, write-ins received 514 votes.

See also

References

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oregon’s 3rd congressional district
1996–present		Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by

 United States representatives by seniority
21st		Succeeded by


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