Topic - Oregon State Senate

The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the state-wide legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the State Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 114,000. The State Senate meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this Feb. 7, 2019, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks to reporters in front of pictures of previous state governors in Salem, Ore. Gov. Brown deployed the state police Thursday, June 20, 2019, to try to round up Republican lawmakers who fled the Capitol in an attempt to block a vote on a landmark climate plan. Minority Republicans want the cap and trade proposal aimed at dramatically lowering the state's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to be sent to the voters for approval instead of instituted by lawmakers. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File) **FILE**

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A TV reporter interviews self-employed logger Bridger Hasbrouck, of Dallas, Ore., outside the Oregon State House in Salem, Ore., on Thursday, June 20, 2019, the day the Senate is scheduled to take up a bill that would create the nation's second cap-and-trade program to curb carbon emissions. Senate Republicans, however, pledged to walk out so there wouldn't be enough lawmakers present for a vote on House Bill 2020, which is extremely unpopular among loggers, truckers and many rural voters. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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