Here's a list of every walkout held in the Oregon Legislature

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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