Why do Oregon lawmakers, alone in the nation, use walkouts as a repeated tactic? Because they work
Updated Mar 13, 2021;
Posted Mar 13, 2021
House Democrats and one Republican attended a February 25, 2020, floor session but could not conduct business because most Republicans refused to show up in protest of a climate bill in the Senate. Republicans in the Oregon Legislature have now used the tactic three years in a row. Beth Nakamura/Staff
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Two years ago, Oregon’s Senate Republicans captured international headlines when they fled the state to hold up a vote on a climate change bill.
The national spotlight faded, but the minority party has continued to employ walkouts as a political tactic. They did so twice in 2020. And Senate Republicans already staged their first boycott of 2021 on Feb. 25, making this the third annual session in a row during which they denied supermajority Democrats the quorum necessary to conduct business.
Why do Oregon lawmakers, alone in the nation, use walkouts as a repeated tactic? Because they work
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