Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection. The three senators filed the lawsuit Monday.
earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection despite a recent voter-approved measure aimed at preventing walkouts.
The senators are challenging an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters last year that bars lawmakers from reelection if they have 10 or more unexcused absences. The measure passed by a wide margin following GOP walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021.Three Republican state senators, along with three county Republican central committees and two voters, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on Monday. In the complaint, Sens.
In the complaint, the lawmakers described walkouts as a tool the minority party could use to protest against the policies of Democrats, who hold majorities in both chambers of the Legislature.Oregon Democratic US Rep. Earl Blumenauer reflects on 27 years in Congress and what comes nextabortion, transgender health care and gunsThe defendants named in the lawsuit are Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade and Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner.
The federal lawsuit comes on top of a state lawsuit filed by Republican state senators that is set to be
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