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By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — A day after their counterparts in the Senate vacated the Capitol, Republican representatives brought the House to a halt Tuesday, skipping a daily session in protest of a controversial climate bill. Their absence blocked the House from taking votes. If all Democrats are present, the House still needs at least two Republicans to

By the Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Senate came to an abrupt stop Monday when 11 of its 12 Republicans disappeared. For the second time in less than a year, they left the Capitol to protest a bill to cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Their departure prevents the Senate from taking votes. The senators’ departure  —

By OREGON CAPITAL BUREAU SALEM — Republican legislators put the brakes on the Oregon Legislature, disrupting a Tuesday evening session of the House by leaving in protest because they said their members needed more time to consider contentious bills. The House needs two-thirds of its 60 members to take votes. With its current political makeup, that means at least two

By DICK HUGHES/For YachatsNews.com Oregon lawmakers are acting on a climate bill without knowing its economic impact. The Legislature’s 12 Republican senators recently asked for an economic analysis of SB 1530, the main carbon cap and trade legislation, and SB 1574, which is Gov. Kate Brown‘s version. In an email, which I obtained through a public records request, Legislative Revenue

By SAM STITES and CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Activists seeking to clean Oregon’s environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions turned out by the hundreds Tuesday, pushing legislators to move ahead with a cap and trade policy. Demonstrators ranged from Salem-area teenagers who took time out from school to middle-aged Wasco County residents. All told, organizers say that