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The recently passed Measure 113 bans lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from immediately running for re-election, but did little to dissuade Republicans from staging their fourth walkout in five years. At six weeks, the walkout broke state records and added to the anxiety that by effectively quashing new environmental legislation, Republicans could prevent the state from receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to battle climate change made available through the recently passed federal Inflation Reduction Act. ....

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