Oregon GOP Boycotts Session to Deny Passage of Maps

“Only one Republican lawmaker showed up for a scheduled floor session of the Oregon House of Representatives Saturday as the minority party denied quorum to prevent the passage of new state legislative and congressional district maps,” the Salem Statesman Journal reports.

“The boycott came after a new congressional map was proposed Saturday morning that was not as heavily slanted toward Democrats as the previous version, but could still result in a 5-1 Democratic congressional delegation.”