Oregon House lawmakers return to long floor session day

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After a week of canceled floor sessions due to multiple confirmed COVID-19 cases within the Capitol, Oregon’s House of Representatives returned to action Tuesday.

A computer program that will read hundreds of pages of proposed bills also debuted on Tuesday after Republicans again denied a motion to suspend the full reading of bills before final vote — a tactic that can add hours, even to simple legislation, and has been used by the party in the minority as frustrations about priorities of the 2021 session increase.

The motion, which failed to muster a two-thirds majority, led to chilly reactions from Democrats — calling Republican lawmakers’ actions “reckless and pointless.”

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