The current walkout is technically the tenth in Oregon’s legislative history, although some of the prior ones were considerably less dramatic than others.
SALEM, Ore. — Several Oregon Senate Republicans didn’t show up for work on Wednesday, kicking off the latest in a series of legislative walkouts that the party has staged in recent years.
Walkouts are stall tactics employed by the minority party, usually to kill specific legislation. Most bills only require a simple majority vote to pass, but the Senate and House can’t hold votes unless a quorum is present, meaning at least two-thirds of each chamber’s members.
Democrats hold 17 of
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