Republican senators continued their walkout.
And because not enough senatorse
there for what's called a quoru,
legally the Senate cannot do any business.
So as the House continues to work on bills,
the Senate continues to be stal.
This is the third straight day t
we have failed to achieve a quorum on
the floor of the Oregon State Senate.
As promised by Senate Presidentb
Wagner there, they are going tog
the session now into the weeken,
with the Senate scheduled to
convene at 9:00 AM tomorrow.
While Republican leadership has
said some members may get to tht
10 unexcused absent threshold in
order to test the constitutiona,
A voter approved Measure 113.
That measure passed last November as a
way to stop walkouts like this very thing.
Time will tell on that piece,
but before we get to your comme,
one other thing to note.
A $2,000,000 check from Nike cofounder
Phil Knight just cleared into te
account of a political action
committee that seeks to get more
Republicans elected to the legislature.
The check was written a month
ago before the walkout,
and it's not his first contribu,
but certainly interesting that the check
was cashed as the walkout conti.
During last night's show,
we painted a clear picture about
what this walkout is all about.
The content of a few contentious
bills themselves,
not the readability of the bill summaries,
which is how the Republicans are spinning
this We asked for your thoughts,
and we got responses that kind f
ranged on either side of the is,
with the majority of opinion
sounding a lot like this.
This GOP walk out, it's typicalt
they do if they can't have their way,
they grab, take their ball and go home.
They're just a bunch of whiners in my
opinion, and they need to pull up their
big boy pants and sit down and e
no like we know they're going t.
And even if it passes,
they just need to be adults and
quit acting like little childre.
And Scott wrote to us the Republican Party's
reason for their walkout is ridiculous,
ludicrous, and transparently ab.
What it does show is that they e
poor leadership and reading ski.
And Liz says, give me a break.
Republicans insisting they're walking out
because bill summaries are unreadable.
Seriously. Are they keeping a
straight face when they say tha?
Yes, by the way, they are.
And many of you feel
very strongly about this,
even those of you who are
Republicans like Michelle.
As a lifelong Oregonian and Republican,
I am utterly disgusted at the behavior
of the Republican senators having the
audacity to walk out and not do their job.
I remember when they did this 15 years ago.
I believe it was like,
what, 10 or 15 years ago?
And I was equally appalled then,
and I wish that every single
one of them could be fired or
forbidden from ever running aga.
We voted for them to do a job.
And they are not doing it.
And I'm, I'm taking names and Im
not voting for these people aga.
Of course there are some of you who disagree
with that and you do agree with the way
the Republicans are handling all this.
Catherine says when the Democrat
politicians stop trying to civiy
legalize immorality or making it
a priority over necessary issue,
then the Republicans have the rt
to be absent and not create a quorum.
Democrat Party policies are the
reason Oregon is in such bad sh,
a viewer named Pat wrote to us o
say when the Senate Democrats tg
all these socalled reproductive
and gender affirming issues.
What do they expect the Republicans to do?
Roll over? Heck no.
Republicans have no tools to fight back.
For those of us Oregonians who believe
in the sanctity of life and the rights
of parents to protect our childn
from indoctrination and mutilat,
time will tell how long this walkout lasts,
by the way.
In the meantime,
we wanted to highlight a few moe
viewer thoughts from folks who e
appreciative of our work that we do here
on the story in our format thatd
of sets us apart from the normal newscast.
And by the way,
we're not just patting ourselves
on the back just to feel good.
Think of it kind of like a restaurant
or a business who tout their god
reviews and receive in an efforo
attract more people into our community.
Last night,
Lori told us thank you for
the piece on the walkout.
Your team did a fantastic job of breaking
down the issues into understande
morsels of info A+ plus journal.
Thank you Pat Doris, for this,
your program, the story. I love.
I love that you address the
issue and Give your opinion,
whether everybody agrees with it or not.
That's wonderful.
And I just wanted to say pleasep
it up and keep telling it like it is.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
And it's not just me as a big t.
I want to thank everyone for your feedback.
We really do read all the emaild
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make sure that we're plugged ino
the issues that you care about.
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