“Our absentee colleagues have not shown up … for four weeks,” said Oregon Senate President Rob Wagner. “Would any other worker, I ask you, get away with that?”
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate voted Thursday to fine state senators $325, starting Monday, for each day their absence restricts the Senate from establishing a quorum.
The GOP walkout began May 3 and is currently in its fifth week, the longest-ever walkout in the Oregon Legislature. Democrats hold 17 of the Oregon Senate’s 30 seats, but the chamber requires a quorum of at least 20 lawmakers, so Republicans have been able to halt proceedings by never having more
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