5/23/2023 0 Comments Fate by Amanda Hocking![]() Senate President Rob Wagner declared Friday’s planned session a bust after 12 senators - none of them Democrats - stayed away. ![]() Republicans have staged walkouts before, but this year legislators with 10 unexcused absences are disqualified for reelection, thanks to a new voter-approved constitutional amendment ![]() The fate of the contested bills is now unclear. GOP leadership says their walkout - which marked its third day on Friday - is about “every bill” but that two bills that would expand protections for abortions and transgender health care and place more limitations on gun ownership “specifically don’t qualify” under the 1979 law.ĭemocrats say Republicans didn’t take issue with the writing style of bipartisan bills they backed earlier in the session until hot button issues were on the table. (AP) - Republicans blocking votes on bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming health care in Oregon this week have based their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an eighth- or ninth-grader. ![]()
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