Virtually every day articles are release decrying what the Senate Republicans are doing to government by staying out of the capitol. Here is one week's sampling of their desperate attempts to sway public opinion to ignore the real issue. All can be read here.

• As Oregonians Face Historic Drought, Go Without Clean Drinking Water, Unconstitutional Walkout Stalls Urgent Solutions; Central and Eastern Oregon communities hit the hardest by these crises.
• Democrats Stand for Oregon Veterans and Their Families; Bills to honor fallen veterans and ensure their remains receive proper burial delayed by the unconstitutional Republican walkout.
• Oregon Legislature Announces More Than $4 Billion Public Safety and Accountability Budget Framework for A Safer Oregon; The 2023-2025 Public Safety and Accountability Budget framework would invest in our crisis response networks to support and protect Oregon families…If Senate Republicans don’t decide to come back to work, we can’t vote on our budget. If we can’t pass our budget, Oregon families, including Senate Republicans’ constituents, will be the ones that pay the cost of their political games.
• Safer Oregon Agenda Threatened as Senate Republicans Refuse to Do Their Jobs; Bills that would address the state's fentanyl crisis and save lives at risk as Senate Republicans ignore Oregon voters.
• Senate President Demands Republicans Return to Work; Most Senate Republicans Have Not Shown Up to Work for Four Weeks.
• DO YOUR JOB: Unconstitutional Walkout Undermines Government Transparency
• Senate Republican Government Shutdown Blocks Legislation Removing Toxins from Children’s Products; Oregon falls behind other states in toxins regulations.

On the opposite side, the Oregon Republican Senators have one response:

• Senate President Rob Wagner’s Unlawful, Uncompromising, Unconstitutional Actions. “The 2023 session has been punctuated with the most hyper partisan chicanery. Here is a list of how Senate Rules, statutes, and the Constitution have been purposefully violated and ignored by Senate President Rob Wagner.”
• Republicans Seek a Bipartisan End to Session, Democrats Seek a Return to Unlawful Bills, Extreme Partisanship
• President Wagner Intends to Impose $325 Fine Each Day Senators Exercise Their Constitutional Right to Protest

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Senate President Rob Wagner announced on the Senate Floor today that he would compel the attendance of absent members and impose a fine of $325 per day beginning Monday June 5th, 2023.

Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend) released the following statement: “One thing remains clear: President Wagner is insistent on facilitating an unlawful, uncompromising, unconstitutional agenda. Once again, he has retaliated against members who are exercising their right to peacefully protest his own unlawful, hyperpartisan actions.”

“Senate Republicans don’t feel compelled to entertain his political theater. In fact, we suggest President Wagner pay our fines since it is his behavior that galvanized our protest. “

“If Democrats want us to provide a quorum before June 25th, they must agree to follow Senate Rules, follow the law, and work to put forward constitutional, bipartisan bills that don’t violate a parents’ sacred right to love and care for their child. Senate Republicans will not be bullied into allowing the lawlessness to continue.”


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2023-06-01 16:49:53

Last Update: 2023-06-01 23:26:20