> Republican senators sue over wording of anti-walkout law | The Story | Aug. 28, 2023
Republican senators sue over wording of anti-walkout law | The Story | Aug. 28, 2023
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Aug. 28 on The Story: When Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Measure 113 in November of last year, there wasn't a lot of ambiguity about what it was supposed to do: It was meant to thwart legislative walkouts, recently a favorite tactic of Republican state lawmakers, by attaching a political cost. But Republican lawmakers still walked out during this latest session, grinding business in the Oregon Senate to a halt, and decided to put Measure 113 to the test. Now some of those senators have filed a lawsuit, arguing that the language of the measure doesn't mean what most people think it means — meaning that they can run for office again next term.
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