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Oregon Senate walkout continues as 6 more Republicans banned from re-election

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/18/oregon-senate-walkout-update-10-senators-ineligible-for-another-term/70232986007/

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Oregon Senate walkout continues as 6 more Republicans banned from re-election

Senate President Rob Wagner demanded an end to the walkout on Thursday when six more senators hit the unexcused absence limit passed last year.

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Roknrol May 20, 2023

@uspolitics Republicans hiding from their duty is such a reoccurring event in Oregon that we had to make a new law to try to convince them to do their jobs.
It's clearly not working.

https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_113,_Exclusion_from_Re-election_for_Legislative_Absenteeism_Initiative_(2022)

Oregon Measure 113, Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative (2022)

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