Some Oregon House Republicans Boycott Floor Session After Committee Transportation Debate • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Divided Oregon panel sends massive transportation funding bill to House floor - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News

House Bill 2025’s prospects are unclear, as Republicans and some crucial Democrats are opposed to it.  By Alex Baumhardt and Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s long-awaited transportation funding bill is headed to the House floor, but it remains to be seen whether it will make it to the end of the legislative session without running out of gas.  The 12-member Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment voted 7-5 along party line…

Some Oregon House Republicans boycott floor session after committee transportation debate • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany, works on the House floor at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle)With less than one week left in Oregon’s six-month legislative session, tensions are rising between Republicans and Democrats over this year’s highly anticipated transportation bill.  On Monday, seven Republican House members announced a boycott standing in solidarity with Rep. Shell…

Oregon House Republicans Boycott Floor Session after Heated Exchange - The Corvallis Advocate

With less than one week left in Oregon’s six-month legislative session, tensions are rising between Republicans and Democrats over this year’s highly anticipated transportation bill. On Monday, seven Republican House members announced a boycott standing in solidarity with Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany, who filed a complaint against Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, alleging he violated legislative rules for maintaining a respectful and inclusi…

Top Oregon Democrats resign from transportation committee as bill battle heats up

Tensions flared in Salem as Republicans staged a walkout over House Bill 2025, Oregon’s $14.6 billion transportation bill, following a heated dispute and formal complaint against Sen. Chris Gorsek.

Shouting, walkout threat, punctuate final stretch for state transportation bill

Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment at their meeting on Friday. With just one full week left in the legislative session, Oregon’s transportation funding package, House Bill 2025, is in a very precarious position. The bill is seen by supporters as a vital funding lifeline for the Oregon Department of Transportation as the agency transitions away from the gas tax and looks to shore up its ailing highway fund. It comes with dozens of tax…