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Senate confirms governor’s appointments en bloc after brief debate over process
Summary
The Oregon Senate voted to confirm a long list of the governor’s appointments and reappointments en bloc, but several senators registered protest votes to object to the appointments process.
The Oregon State Senate confirmed en bloc a broad slate of gubernatorial appointments on April 16, voting to approve the list after a short debate about the executive-appointment process.
Senator Jama moved that the Senate confirm in block the appointments and reappointments listed on the calendar. The motion passed; the clerk recorded a final tally reported on the floor as 22 ayes. The roll call included named ayes and several members recorded as excused for the vote.
Senators who announced votes against the en bloc confirmation said their opposition was not to the nominees themselves but to the…
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