Originally published on May 18, 2021 5:45 pm
The state of Oregon will recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a new bill passed this week by the Oregon Legislature.
Beginning with Monday, Oct. 12, Oregon will recognize that Christopher Columbus’s “discovery” of the Americas is historically inaccurate and unworthy of celebration due to his voyage opening the door to “heinous crimes against humanity.”
HB 2526 passed the Oregon Senate on Tuesday with a vote of 22-7. It was approved by a 50-5 vote of the House late last month.
The bill which was brought forth by the legislature’s only Indigenous lawmakers, Rep. Tawna Sanchez, D-Portland, and Rep. Teresa Alonso-Leon, D-Woodburn, aims to set the record straight on the historical representation of Columbus and join 10 other states in recognizing the significant contributions that Native Americans have made to the U.S., and more specifically the contributions of Oregon’s nine federally rec
SALEM — A pair of Republican senators in Oregon appear to be pulling back on a bill that would have impacted two of their colleagues’ leadership roles in the state
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Normal people were outraged by this sick display of petty vengeance and let the turncoats know. Before disappearing, testimony was soundly against this childish abuse of legislative power. iStock
Oregon – -(AmmoLand.com)- Senate Bill 865 has been pulled from today’s schedule. Also gone is all the testimony against it.
As you will recall, 865 was the bill sponsored by Republican sellouts Linn Findley and Bill Hansell along with far-left Democrat Rob Wagner.
The sole purpose of the bill was to attack fellow Republican Senators Dallas Heard and Dennis Linthicum who were recently elected to leadership positions in the Republican Party.
Legislature approves formal recognition of the contributions made to Oregon and the United States by native people annually on the second Monday of October.
This is how the left governs. If they don’t like something they make it a crime. Now they have GOP traitors like Findley & Hansell acting as their water boys. It’s hard to describe this level of cowardly vindictiveness.