Oregon Democrats Reject 5 Reasonable Ethics Reform Bills

(Before It's News)

Yesterday the Oregon House of Representatives rejected 5 reasonable ethics reform bills proposed by Julie Parrish (R). All 5 bills were supported by the Oregon Progressive Party, and 4 were supported by the Independent Party of Oregon. On the floor of the House, all Republicans voted in favor of all 5 bills. All but a couple of Democrats voted against all 5 bills.

See this press release.

The Democrats, in control of both houses, refused to allow any of the bills to go to the floor for votes.  So Republicans used the “withdrawal” procedure to withdraw the bills from committee and them on the floor for immediate vote, without debate.  This is similar to the “discharge petition” process in the U.S. Congress.

Welcome to “ethics reform,” Oregon style.

http://www.progparty.org/

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