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Oregon House suspends notice rule and adjourns after members leave, blocking scheduled votes
Summary
Speaker suspended House Rule 8.15 notice requirements and the chamber recessed; later the House lacked a quorum after Republican members left and adjourned without voting on several bills, though a committee nomination earlier in the day was adopted.
Salem, Ore. — On Feb. 23 the Speaker of the Oregon House announced an immediate suspension of House Rule 8.15 notice requirements to accelerate session business, and later the chamber recessed for committee meetings. After reconvening the House lacked a quorum because several Republican members had left the chamber, and leadership adjourned without taking votes on several bills scheduled for final passage that day.
The Speaker invoked House Rule…
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