Oregon Republicans Beat Abortion Measure After Staging “Longest Walkout In State History”
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Republicans in Oregon got a significant win.
They got Democrats to eliminate a portion of a bill that would have allowed minors to get abortions without the consent of their parents.
Oregon Senate Republicans successfully pushed state Democrats into eliminating a portion of a proposed bill that would have allowed minors to obtain abortions without parental consent.
Democrats threw out the radical provision of HB 2002 after Republican state senators launched “the longest walkout in state history” — a six-week peaceful protest that could put the political careers of at least ten GOP lawmakers at risk under a ballot measure passed by voters last year, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) reported.
Republicans ended their walkout on Thursday, after reaching a deal to “water down” the Democrat-led bills on abortion, guns, and several other issues.
“As a result of the deal, hammered out over hours of negotiation since last Friday, many priorities both parties put forward for this session remain achievable. And the Legislature will be able to pass a new two-year budget that contains record funding for schools, new money for mental health services and funding to help address a crisis in public defense, among many other things,” according to the report.
Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp told reporters, “I think the Democrat majority yielded a lot.”
Oregon Public Broadcasting reported:
“I think the Democrat majority yielded a lot,” Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, told reporters. “That really is what helped make this go … Essentially what happened is everybody got some of what they wanted, and everybody got some of what they didn’t want.”
After a planned 9 a.m. start was repeatedly pushed back Thursday morning, lawmakers began trickling into the Senate at 11 a.m. Among them were five Republicans — Sens. Knopp, Lynn Findley, Bill Hansell, David Brock Smith and Dick Anderson. Along with all 17 Democrats, the lawmakers gave the chamber a 20-member quorum for the first time since May 2.
How much the GOP presence will increase in the coming days was unclear. Knopp said that some of his colleagues still had “deeply held beliefs and concerns” about bills up for consideration.
“You’ll see more people coming back to the building,” he said.
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