Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 21:29:10 GMT -6
SALEM — The daggers were drawn within minutes.
After gavels sounded the start of the Oregon Legislature's 2016 session Monday, Republicans unsheathed a procedural move that no one could remember seeing for decades. They demanded every bill be read aloud in its entirety, no matter how long it takes.
The message was clear: This 35-day session — packed with proposals to raise the minimum wage, solve the state's housing crisis and reform foster care — will not be easy.
Still, Democrats wasted no time Monday. The House and Senate launched headlong into bills tackling affordable housing and renter protections. One lawmaker proposed a compromise on a ballot measures to raise taxes on the state's largest corporations. Another put off plans to push a gun control bill that would have limited sales to people in crisis.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/2016_oregon_legislature_begins.html
After gavels sounded the start of the Oregon Legislature's 2016 session Monday, Republicans unsheathed a procedural move that no one could remember seeing for decades. They demanded every bill be read aloud in its entirety, no matter how long it takes.
The message was clear: This 35-day session — packed with proposals to raise the minimum wage, solve the state's housing crisis and reform foster care — will not be easy.
Still, Democrats wasted no time Monday. The House and Senate launched headlong into bills tackling affordable housing and renter protections. One lawmaker proposed a compromise on a ballot measures to raise taxes on the state's largest corporations. Another put off plans to push a gun control bill that would have limited sales to people in crisis.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/2016_oregon_legislature_begins.html