House Republicans furious over Oregon redistricting committee changes
statesmanjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesmanjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
House Republicans furious after Oregon redistricting committee changes
registerguard.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from registerguard.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Roseburg, talks to his fellow senators. Oregon state senators gather in the Senate chambers on Feb. 11, 2020 in Salem, Oregon.
Two Republicans in the Oregon Senate have introduced legislation that explicitly targets two of their colleagues roles in the state Republican Party. It s just the latest sign of a rift among Senate Republicans this year.
Signs of tension among Oregon Senate Republicans have been building for months, with members of the 11-person caucus disagreeing over strategies for fighting controversial bills and how best to object to a closed Capitol.
Such intraparty differences are a feature of politics, but they rarely get their own legislation. That changed Wednesday, as a pair of Republican Senators, Sens. Lynn Findley and Bill Hansell, introduced a bill explicitly targeting two of their colleagues.
Originally published on February 26, 2021 4:37 pm
Joyce Dorsey, whose son Che Taylor was shot by Seattle Police nearly two years ago, speaks in Olympia before the delivery of Initiative 940 petition signatures to the Washington secretary of state Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. CREDIT: TOM BANSE
READ ON
BY LAUREN DAKE & DIRK VANDERHART / OPB
Oregon Senate Republicans boycotted the state Legislature’s floor session on Thursday, shortly after Gov. Kate Brown announced she was extending her COVID-19 related emergency order.
It was a move reminiscent of Republican walkouts of the previous legislative session, which denied the majority Democrats enough people to be able to vote on bills.