Political Coffee 2-19-20

Should House Republicans continue to walk out like they did last night? Should they continue to force Democrats to follow Oregon’s constitution by reading every single word of every bill before they vote: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/02/oregon-house-republicans-plan-1st-walkout-to-slow-democrats-progress.html

House Republican Rep Reschke writes powerful oped on OR Catalyst about standing on principles by walking out: https://oregoncatalyst.com/46379-standing-on-principle.html

Kate’s assault on rural Oregon continues with her crazy letter to WA Gov calling for removing 4 Snake River dams, while she is trying to ram the rural economy destroying Cap and Tax  through the short session: which mystifies liberal Willamette Week because they are carbon free sources of electricity. https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/02/18/oregons-rural-electric-co-ops-slam-gov-kate-browns-call-to-breach-snake-river-dams/

Rendering the law meaningless: bi partisan bill passes OR House that stops suspending drivers licenses for unpaid tickets. https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2020/02/bill-to-prevent-oregon-from-suspending-drivers-licenses-for-unpaid-traffic-tickets-passes-house.html

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