Thank you Brian for talking about this. I do hope other states get on board and do the same thing. As a native Oregonian I'm proud Oregon got this done.
Totally! If you or I call in "sick" to our employers with no valid excuse other than "I don't want to be there" - and do it over and over again - we get fired. Nice to see this stick.
it is not just about no-show it is about deliberate no-shows. They were not showing as a group in order to prevent legislation being passed, because they knew that they would lose if the legislation went up for a vote it was very deliberate and they richly deserved not to be allowed to run again.
I’m a rural independent Oregonian and I voted for this. So sick and tired of cry baby republicans running away from their responsibilities. I pay their wages. You don’t show up for work then you’re fired!
@@SCOTTEDM yeah, why they think they can force the government to default on its obligations (that THEY are responsible for creating) for political ends is appalling. The Constitution (i.e., the 14th Amendment) that they took an oath to uphold REQUIRES that the "public debt of the United States, authorized by law" cannot even be questioned, let alone go unpaid. Moreover, it states "neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void" - so it seems that trump and his House and Senate cohorts should kiss their pensions goodbye.
It was especially noticeable when not one republican was on hand or voted to approve Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's SCERT Act for S-upreme C-ourt E-thics & R-ecusal T-ransparency ACT. With our newly 45 appointed corrupted Supreme Court and magat/GQP Obstructionists and traitors, is it any wonder why although most every Democrat voted yes yet not one repugnican ?!?!?!?!? This reprehensible behavior cannot persist.
Nahhh, mostly because then they'd need to either show up every 3 days or the president gets special powers. Remember who the president may be in the future.
It’s Past time for We the people to wake up - that We have Never been UNITED every. The Corporate community are the real Aliens who are destroying this planet earth - by crossing borders to steal land with WARS & Secrets Because this COUNTRY has never been United. While the pawns in the White House are ignoring the people with their parties on drugs (furnished by the JP MORGAN Ships) the real drug pushers For the Bush Poppy fields & the Ronald Reagan & Billy Clintons who destroyed the Good paying jobs under PATCO & NAFTA . While Monsanto Satan’s gates & cages has destroyed our brains with agent orange & artificial technology, drugs & foods with Wars - while creating the new police state called 911 which was revealed by Henry Kissinger who couldn’t even talk like a Englishman.
The Palestinians are teaching us finally, how to UNITE against all that is evil. This country has never been United since it was stolen in 1492 by the Christopher’s & Jesuits posing as gods.
We did not fix anything we just made it worse. republicans were the check against democrats most insane legislation. Now oregon is going to become a bigger mess and everyone will be poor. More taxes and less affordable.
I'm an Oregonian and I am SO PROUD of our judges that made this ruling. I am disgusted - totally revolted by the cowardice of the Republican Party. Walking out of your job because you don't get your way should result in the loss of the job. Such babies!!!!!!
Republicans have made a choice that Donald Trump is more important than America, it's so bad that it's to the point of the Republicans sabotaging their own border deal that Demacrats went along with because it makes Joe Biden look good. Republicans can't campaign off of much needed border change if they are willing to sabotage it and choose Trump over America
Conservative Oregonian here. I completely agree with this ruling, because if you are elected to represent the people in your district, YOU DO YOUR JOB. Go ahead and debate with the other legislators, but then sit your butt down and vote on the bill. Walking out is not representing your constituents. It is throwing a fit and refusing to do the job we are paying you to do. So yes, you're fired!
Moderate Democrat here. I agree with you. These Republicans make me angry on behalf of all the people who have trusted them to do their job and represent them. Maybe I don't always agree with the political position, but I do think we ALL have a responsibility to hold our elected officials to an ethical standard. We need honesty and transparency, no matter the party or the players.
As an Oregonian, I voted yes on this and am happy with the results. That said, I wish the consequences for the asinine republicans would have been a permanent ban instead of a one term ban to be placed on the ballot again. Vote Blue!!!
That is part of what I love about this state. If you want things to change and have people who feel the same way, you can make things happen in Oregon. I started by working with the Columbia River Keeper on the anti-flouride campaign in Hood River, 2005. We won, barely. Then again, in Portland years later. We banned Nestlé from building a bottled water plant in Cascade Locks. We made them include GMO information on our food labels, we forced them to reroute the oil train away from the Gorge. And a lot more. Coal terminals. LNG terminals. Anyone interested in activism should consider the Columbia River Keeper as an asset.
Other states should follow Oregon's example on many issues, like Vote-by-Mail / secure ballot drop-off, which has been going on for decades with little or no issue (also avoiding voter intimidation and allowing for potentially higher voter turnout across the board, since folks don't have to make time or take time off to go to a physical polling location). And things like this "do your damn jobs" initiative to hold walk-outs / no-shows accountable for not doing their damn jobs. Etc. Not saying we get absolutely everything right, but there's a lot of good stuff...
These are the same people who declared that slaves needed slavery because they were unable to learn, then passed laws against teaching them - because they knew it was a lie.
Deep red states will never do this, unless they can use it to hurt the Dems! Florida has been deep red for over 30 years! It's highly unlikely they would pass a law like this, especially since they have passed so many anti-democratic laws to seize absolute control here, and gerrymandered the hell out of the electorate so we can't vote for anything to take away their power!
@@SaminHam THIS IS HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR STATE!!!! WE DON'T LET PEOPLE COME HERE AND TRY TO CRAP ON OUR FAIR LAWS. STICK UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AND GET INVOLVED!!! i WOULDN'T RECOMMEND STARTING ANY WAR HERE EITHER. EVERYONE HAS PRETTY MUCH USED GUNS RESPONSIBLY THEIR ENTIRE LIFE, GAY PEOPLE INCLUDED, IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS😅
@@SaminHamthey're the ones causing the conflict. We've got a country to run and people who need resources. Come to the table and make a decision or get the hell out of the way. We are bipartisan. That's called equality, that's freedom. You want your way then get the popular vote. That's how this works. That's the ONLY way this works. Anything else is dictatorship and we're not having it 👌🏾 This is AMERICA. WE DONT DO THAT HERE‼️
Or they can pass welfare jobs for the poor or underemployed, i'd rather the state pay for my buddy's "free" childcare than pay for some baby to spend tax money they aren't collecting from the people employing him.
These Trump-monkey State Senators didn't walk out just once. They were absent for the entire session to disable any voting for lack of a quorum. The State Constitution has to be changed to prevent this, and meanwhile, good riddance. They won't be missed.
I love your Democratic controlled 5 to 2 Supreme Court majority in Pennsylvania. They gave the state fair congressional maps in 2018. The 3 Democratic judges who got elected in 2015 are up for a retention election in 2025. Make sure you vote and continue to keep that majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
If you don't/won't show up for work, why should you keep your job? This makes total sense and should be implemented in all states as well as FEDERALLY.
@@jham7411 You mean ONE walk out versus more than 10? Yeah they equate. Should they stay in house and vote? Yes, but there is a difference between habitual vacancy because you don't like the laws being proposed (ie what happened in Oregon) versus making a protest against the other party's censuring of a representative for speaking off topic. If the latter is fair, why is Empty-G allowed to speak at all? She is rarely ON-topic?
@@jham7411if they do it to keep legislation from being voted on because they know it will pass, they aren’t doing there job!! Holding a walkout to support a fellow congressman is no way similar!!
@@jham7411 Yup. If Texas wants to pass a bill making it so those members cannot be re-elected? Sure. I don't have a problem with that. Can you tell me how many votes throughout the year did they miss? They did walk out to put a spotlight on how un-democratic the GOP in Texas were being by limiting means of voting and also trying to pass a law so that voters cannot vote in private. That's pretty serious.
They didn't just walk out of the capital. They left the state for more than 10 legislative days. Then, the people voted to make it a State Constitutional Amendment. The Oregon SCOTUS had no choice but to uphold the State Constitution. I live just outside of Portland and I was totally in favor of this.
@@lessaleadr I'm a Democrat. Will you (can you?) explain how it's not the same without the special pleading "Because we agreed it was OK for our purposes"?
Oh yah - then the Communist takeover will just happen sooner. During the 2016 presidential primaries the head of the American Communist Party said,"We might as well close shop - the Democrats have become us."
They are 'Bundy Bozos', which tells you everything you need to know about them. LOL, life is gonna be hard for them outside the government bosom. They may actually have to get their hands callused with REAL work, and minimum wage. Oh, the Humanity! lol
Yes! Lead the way! Legislators ask to be hired/voted to do a job and they need to do it! It's good to feel there's recourse when they play instead of work!
Excellent it's about time, we are so done with this kind of nonsense throughout the entire Republican Party. Hope it sweeps across the Nation and helps stop all of this BS! ⚖️
BRAVO !!! If i had walked off my job, I not only would have lost my job, but I would have been penalized financially. What pathetic behavior by these republicans.
We need the Oregon rule in every state at every level of politics. These politicians need to know they work for the people. You don’t show up you don’t get paid.
Do you feel their constituents, voters in their districts who wanted and supported the walkout, should be told by voters in other districts what to do?
Would be nice to require this of Congress, too. No more fake debates with speakers talking to an empty chamber, etc. They should be doing the people's business rather than going on lobbyist-funded trips and other events, doing constant fund-raising, etc. Couple that with campaign financing reform, requiring disclosure of contributors, reintroducing limits on corporate funding (aka, special-interest bribery - and the Supreme Court is dead-wrong, corporations are neither people or citizens), and maybe D.C. can function as it was meant to do.
@@gregm4441…why on earth would those constituents be happy about their representatives not only NOT doing the job they’re being paid to do, but obstructing other paid employees from doing THEIR jobs? The paychecks of the chronically absent come from all the tax payers, not solely HIS constituents.
Except when 'hearing' you're fired sounds the same as your fired because that's the way everyone says it. I know, I have heard it a few times.@@davelowe1977
Only one problem, they are made & paid for by corporations as non humans - to destroy this world as aliens in Human bodies. This is why corporations have more Rights then Humans - aka ruling by SupremeD beings.
@@jham7411 That walk out was not to refrain from voting on issues. I live in Oregon, these Reps left the state to make sure they could not be called back to vote on issues. They did it time and time again. It was not to protest an action by the leader.
@@jham7411 The Tennessee walk out was a different matter. The Tennessee Three walked off the floor in protest of unfair treatment of one of their members, not to kill a quorum and deny even the possibility of a vote on legislation they didn't like. Also, it was a very short walkout. Public backlash led the Republican controlled legislature to recant its previous position, and the three were back at work. The two situations were not comparable.
I’m a rural independent Oregonian and I voted for this. So sick and tired of cry baby republicans running away from their responsibilities. I pay their wages. You don’t show up for work then you’re fired!
I'm also from Oregon, and I voted for this! I'm so glad we made good on our promise to hold these representatives accountable. I'm pretty sure one of them was from my district. YAY!
The guy who kept leading the walkouts here in Oregon was my 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher back in the 80’s. He did a whole course each year on law and constitutional law and that was my favorite thing in school. Somehow, he forgot everything he taught us in school and became a cranky old Republican representative who refused to go to work and do his damned job! I’m super proud to have voted to fire my former teacher for doing the complete opposite of what he taught us as kids. He needed to retire to his little farm and chill out. I did feel bad for a while though. His second wife died several years ago, and I took a minute to look at her Facebook page after I sent him my sympathy. Her page was full of racist, rage baiting posts. I’m sure she had some influence over this guy I used to know, by filling his world with hate every day. Now, instead of retiring his grumpy self to his farm, the citizens of my town have voted him on to the city counsel and now he’s obstructing any decent plans we have. Our homeless population has quadrupled and he’s refused federal funds to create warming stations, shelters, and treatment centers for the drug addicted. His reasoning is that the mayor (who has no actual power) is a democrat so he can blame her. He truly exists to point out how broken everything is, by keeping it broken. The head of our town Republican Party is a woman from Orange County California who is very much into Q theory and regularly hosts people who have warning pages on the SPLC website. She had a public watch party for a Mike Pillow (Lindell) production a couple months ago. A complete Q nutty nutter butter.
I have always thought of Oregon as a very blue state. It's a lot like Nevada with its growing hateful, bigoted, racist population. We need to vote out the hate and vote blue.
I hate hearing about those types of people who engage in racist talk and behavior and engage in irrational conspiracy theories. It sickens me. It's evil and unnatural in my opinion. Just today I heard about the man from Tennessee and the militias from other states ( I think Oregon was one) planning to go to the border and basically make war on vulnerable people. They've been told there's an invasion and believe somehow that illegals benefit Democrats and that we've planned this. This kind of talk and behavior is so dangerous and will lead to many more innocent people dying. The entire Republican party, most especially MAGA , ... and their right wing media, are the ones responsible for this and should be held accountable. Even though this win doesn't address these other problems of lying and misinformation and dog whistling, it's a start.
Oregon 💙💙💙⚖️ I understand why Brian is skeptical about the courts!! We all are!! But Marc that’s where you come in and help us understand the law more⚖️🇺🇸
I am a born, & raised Oregonian & have live here my entire life. I too am so proud of our State Supreme Court! They saw completely through the republican BS. "The voters didn't understand what they were voting for". Yes. We. Did!! And the Oregon S.C. agreed. I am so tired of Republicans treating the voters as though we are idiots (and yes there are some of those). Oh, I am a life long Democrat, and if it the Democrat legislatures pulled the same thing, I would have voted the same way! Because my country comes first,not my political party!
This needs to spread to the federal congress. Those 147 republicans who took part in Txxxx’s insurection on January 6th need to be excluded from our government.
It is amazing that we can get people out who are not showing up for work but getting people out who started and supported an insurrection to take over the government takes years..
@@simpsondr12now that's a foolish take, the orange man planned it out loud since before his election, and if you wasn to believe him he personally claims one was planned against him by (insert group here) depending on who he's talking to, be it the FBI, IRS, any "-Ist" he doesn't agree with(not fascist for some reason, he only dislikes groups against that value😅). He'd blame Dems for water being wet and call it a problem, especially since they stopped hauling it up to his Penthouse in his aging pipes.
@@simpsondr12 Nonsense! When a large group breaks into the Capitol on the day the election is being certified, interrupting the proceedings, it is an Insurrection. It may have been a very stupid and unfruitful insurrection, but failure doesn't change the facts.
If anything brings the US down, it will be that. The law was not enforced against traitors in positions of power, sitting in the legislature then, who have never been penalized.
No, they did a boycott for 6 weeks and got kicked off being able to run in the next election. We changed our state constitution to say if you lose more than 10 days then you can't run for re-election.
WTG Oregon! Wish I still lived there! I’ll always be an Oregonian no matter where I live! My favorite state and place I was born! Most of my life was spent in Oregon. Dad was in the Air Force, but we always came back to Oregon! Washington would be my second favorite state. Yup. NW forever.
Another proud Oregon resident here. I support this law. Also, I support Oregon’s first in the nation Vote by Mail law. Every single vote is by mail only! Turnout is high and we have had no fraud issues ever! In effect since the 90’s, I wish this would be passaged in every state. 🇺🇸🗳🇺🇸
Biggest homeless camp I've ever seen was in Oregon... not to mention all the businesses with boarded up windows and hate speech spray painted on them... yeah you dipshits should keep voting the way you have been 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Great NAZI Propaganda video ADOLF. How is this Democracy?? Seems more like SOVIET SOCIALIST KGB Thinking.
Thank you Brian for talking about this. I do hope other states get on board and do the same thing. As a native Oregonian I'm proud Oregon got this done.
maga doesn't want to "Govern" It wants to "Rule
@@SMS9155Me too and thank you. I’m in FL I hope we will do same! 🙏🏻🇺🇸⚖️💙🗽❕
H no
Not banning Republicans from office so much as firing no show employees.
Totally!
If you or I call in "sick" to our employers with no valid excuse other than "I don't want to be there" - and do it over and over again - we get fired.
Nice to see this stick.
They just happen to be MAGAS. Good for Oregon.
Not so much “no show”; I would say manipulative employees… they aren’t not showing, they are walking out to prevent legislation!
it is not just about no-show it is about deliberate no-shows. They were not showing as a group in order to prevent legislation being passed, because they knew that they would lose if the legislation went up for a vote it was very deliberate and they richly deserved not to be allowed to run again.
Maybe they can try another State.....lol
I’m a rural independent Oregonian and I voted for this. So sick and tired of cry baby republicans running away from their responsibilities. I pay their wages. You don’t show up for work then you’re fired!
Great job y'all did, I'm proud of y'all. 💙
👏👏👏 Good job Oregon!
and go after them for pay they did not earn.
This ruling is the will of the people and the people have spoken.
Do this in Congress!
At the least if the gov shuts down everyone’s pay gets paused until the work is done and it’s reopened.
@@SCOTTEDM yeah, why they think they can force the government to default on its obligations (that THEY are responsible for creating) for political ends is appalling. The Constitution (i.e., the 14th Amendment) that they took an oath to uphold REQUIRES that the "public debt of the United States, authorized by law" cannot even be questioned, let alone go unpaid. Moreover, it states "neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void" - so it seems that trump and his House and Senate cohorts should kiss their pensions goodbye.
SO TRUE!!!!!!!!
Absolutely!!!
@@SCOTTEDMthen they get back pay, and vacation accruals continue.
Man, if I had more than TWO unexcused absences at work they'd have fired my ass. Good on these judges.
And the voters!
FACTZ
We do not even get one unexcused (rightfully so) as nurses, we must notify early and in most cases try to find coverage if we can. 🙏🏻🇺🇸⚖️💙🙏🏻❕
Nah, for me it is zero.
That's why crooks run for higher offices !
Now, let's get the same rule in the federal government. Have you seen how empty the chambers are most of the time?
It was especially noticeable when not one republican was on hand or voted to approve Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's SCERT Act for
S-upreme
C-ourt
E-thics &
R-ecusal
T-ransparency ACT.
With our newly 45 appointed corrupted Supreme Court and magat/GQP Obstructionists and traitors, is it any wonder why although most every Democrat voted yes yet not one repugnican ?!?!?!?!? This reprehensible behavior cannot persist.
Yes, and it is mostly on the repug Magat side of the aisle. Where are they hiding?
We can only hope.
Nahhh, mostly because then they'd need to either show up every 3 days or the president gets special powers. Remember who the president may be in the future.
@audreyricci6383 they are plotting and scheming behind closed doors.
The PEOPLE fixed this problem. Go Oregon!
It’s Past time for We the people to wake up - that We have Never been UNITED every.
The Corporate community are the real Aliens who are destroying this planet earth - by crossing borders to steal land with WARS & Secrets
Because this COUNTRY has never been United. While the pawns in the White House are ignoring the people with their parties on drugs (furnished by the JP MORGAN Ships) the real drug pushers
For the Bush Poppy fields & the Ronald Reagan & Billy Clintons who destroyed the Good paying jobs under PATCO & NAFTA .
While Monsanto Satan’s gates & cages has destroyed our brains with agent orange & artificial technology, drugs & foods with Wars - while creating the new police state called 911 which was revealed by Henry Kissinger who couldn’t even talk like a Englishman.
The Palestinians are teaching us finally, how to UNITE against all that is evil.
This country has never been United since it was stolen in 1492 by the Christopher’s & Jesuits posing as gods.
We did not fix anything we just made it worse. republicans were the check against democrats most insane legislation. Now oregon is going to become a bigger mess and everyone will be poor. More taxes and less affordable.
Right on!!!!
All states need to do the same thing
oregonian here and i voted for this initiative. beyond happy that these people are being held accountable.
Ditto. Legislators need to do their damn jobs.
If I walked outta' my job "no call, no show" 10 days, I'd get fired too...
I'm an Oregonian, im certainly glad these Narcissits have been shown the Truth
or more aptly, shown the door...😆
And the door.
I'm an Oregonian and I am SO PROUD of our judges that made this ruling. I am disgusted - totally revolted by the cowardice of the Republican Party. Walking out of your job because you don't get your way should result in the loss of the job. Such babies!!!!!!
Me too !!!
Me too.
I moved here 5 years ago, and I think this is perfect. Don't do your job, lose your job, just like everyone else.
@@KalijahAnderson dam right
Republicans have made a choice that Donald Trump is more important than America, it's so bad that it's to the point of the Republicans sabotaging their own border deal that Demacrats went along with because it makes Joe Biden look good. Republicans can't campaign off of much needed border change if they are willing to sabotage it and choose Trump over America
Conservative Oregonian here. I completely agree with this ruling, because if you are elected to represent the people in your district, YOU DO YOUR JOB. Go ahead and debate with the other legislators, but then sit your butt down and vote on the bill. Walking out is not representing your constituents. It is throwing a fit and refusing to do the job we are paying you to do. So yes, you're fired!
Moderate Democrat here. I agree with you. These Republicans make me angry on behalf of all the people who have trusted them to do their job and represent them. Maybe I don't always agree with the political position, but I do think we ALL have a responsibility to hold our elected officials to an ethical standard. We need honesty and transparency, no matter the party or the players.
yup, which is why the bill had such widespread bipartisan support. I voted in favor.
Oregonian Democrat here and I agree wholeheartedly with you. Do your job or get the F out.
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Will you also agree with me that MAGA cannot and must not be normalized?
GET THEM OUT!!!!
As an Oregonian, I voted yes on this and am happy with the results. That said, I wish the consequences for the asinine republicans would have been a permanent ban instead of a one term ban to be placed on the ballot again. Vote Blue!!!
Gotta support their challengers.
When proper leadership takes over it’s harder to displace
Or time in jail for obstruction.
It is about time to block the people who walked out of the legislature.
I'm a proud Oregonian who voted for this!
Thank you!
Thank you 😊
Congratulations, Job Well Done... Power To The Ppl....
Thank you 😂
That is part of what I love about this state. If you want things to change and have people who feel the same way, you can make things happen in Oregon. I started by working with the Columbia River Keeper on the anti-flouride campaign in Hood River, 2005. We won, barely. Then again, in Portland years later. We banned Nestlé from building a bottled water plant in Cascade Locks. We made them include GMO information on our food labels, we forced them to reroute the oil train away from the Gorge. And a lot more. Coal terminals. LNG terminals. Anyone interested in activism should consider the Columbia River Keeper as an asset.
Let's go Oregon!! I remember voting for this, we don't mess around baby!! F around and find out
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Preach!
Proud Oregon resident, and I'm glad the court upheld my vote.
TYSM for voting 🎉
How does an initiative get on a ballot?
@@doseydo871 signatures of enough Oregonians
@@trentR3437 Thank you! How are signature collections initiated?
@@doseydo871 with money
Great job voters of Oregon! You people rock!👍
Other states should follow Oregon's example on many issues, like Vote-by-Mail / secure ballot drop-off, which has been going on for decades with little or no issue (also avoiding voter intimidation and allowing for potentially higher voter turnout across the board, since folks don't have to make time or take time off to go to a physical polling location). And things like this "do your damn jobs" initiative to hold walk-outs / no-shows accountable for not doing their damn jobs. Etc. Not saying we get absolutely everything right, but there's a lot of good stuff...
These are the same people who declared that slaves needed slavery because they were unable to learn, then passed laws against teaching them - because they knew it was a lie.
Good job Oregon! Now, let’s get the other 49 states!
Finally, a state not allowing legislators to play games instead of working. Great Job Oregon!
It took a lot of work, but worth it.
Every state should be run like this.
WOW this needs to happen in every state on the state level and then move on to the National level! VOTE BLUE!!!
Deep red states will never do this, unless they can use it to hurt the Dems!
Florida has been deep red for over 30 years!
It's highly unlikely they would pass a law like this, especially since they have passed so many anti-democratic laws to seize absolute control here, and gerrymandered the hell out of the electorate so we can't vote for anything to take away their power!
This is how you get civil war
They have been threatening civil war since jan 6th. So Un-American !@@SaminHam
@@SaminHam THIS IS HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR STATE!!!! WE DON'T LET PEOPLE COME HERE AND TRY TO CRAP ON OUR FAIR LAWS. STICK UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AND GET INVOLVED!!! i WOULDN'T RECOMMEND STARTING ANY WAR HERE EITHER. EVERYONE HAS PRETTY MUCH USED GUNS RESPONSIBLY THEIR ENTIRE LIFE, GAY PEOPLE INCLUDED, IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS😅
@@SaminHamthey're the ones causing the conflict. We've got a country to run and people who need resources. Come to the table and make a decision or get the hell out of the way. We are bipartisan. That's called equality, that's freedom. You want your way then get the popular vote. That's how this works. That's the ONLY way this works. Anything else is dictatorship and we're not having it 👌🏾 This is AMERICA. WE DONT DO THAT HERE‼️
They pushed it one too many times, and our initiative process finally worked.
All states should vote this a law in place to ban all politicians who don't show up to their job.
Now 14:3 for the 147 Republicans that voted for "alternate" slates of electors.
I'm with you 💯
Yes! Like Ron Johnson in my state!
Exackery!
Absofknlutely
What the heck is an alternate elector? Get out of here.
Yes we have to put a stop to this disgraceful Republican administration
Absolutely totally agree 🇺🇸💯💯💯💯💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Exactly
If I walked out of my job, i wouldn't have one to go back too. Time for the republican party to grow TFU!!! 👍🏼
I swear your right about that one
no kidding. it's amazing what they have been allowed to get away with.
So childish!
The crazy bit is how much money gets wasted on election then they don't even show up for work every day.
Its about time the party of 'personal responsibility' takes some actual personal responisiblity for their malicious attempts to erode our democracy.
Hopeful that republicans are being called out AND punished!
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
@@jham7411 one orchestrated walk-out in protest is not missing weeks of work like your republicans do sorry, cry
They did that because they were not allowed to speak truth to power.
We need this in every state!!!
Every state should have these kinds of laws. You don't show up, you can't run again.
Well if they don't want to work they can step aside and be replaced with people who WILL do the job!
Or they can pass welfare jobs for the poor or underemployed, i'd rather the state pay for my buddy's "free" childcare than pay for some baby to spend tax money they aren't collecting from the people employing him.
Start a ballot initiative in your state!
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
AGREED!
Imagine walking out of your jobsite even ONCE and not expecting to be instantly fired and banned from future hiring.
yep and..
And yet you can pull a fire alarm to avoid doing your job and keep your job.
@@simpsondr12 No you can't, if you pull a fire alarm for no good reason, not only would you be fired but you could also face criminal charges.
That’s the way it should be comrade.
These Trump-monkey State Senators didn't walk out just once. They were absent for the entire session
to disable any voting for lack of a quorum. The State Constitution has to be changed to prevent this, and
meanwhile, good riddance. They won't be missed.
I'm from Pennsylvania, and I'M happy for the People of Oregon, for voting for this rule!! Good on you, Oregonians!!
I love your Democratic controlled 5 to 2 Supreme Court majority in Pennsylvania. They gave the state fair congressional maps in 2018. The 3 Democratic judges who got elected in 2015 are up for a retention election in 2025. Make sure you vote and continue to keep that majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Ban MTG from congress
Ban her from living!!! smfh
Just ship her back to Moscow already
Lock her up
She should be one of those blocked by the 14th amendment from running for office again.
Ban all MAGAs from Congress! Let's not stop at Oregon state governing entity, take it all the way to the top, aka Congress.
If you don't/won't show up for work, why should you keep your job? This makes total sense and should be implemented in all states as well as FEDERALLY.
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
@@jham7411 You mean ONE walk out versus more than 10? Yeah they equate.
Should they stay in house and vote? Yes, but there is a difference between habitual vacancy because you don't like the laws being proposed (ie what happened in Oregon) versus making a protest against the other party's censuring of a representative for speaking off topic. If the latter is fair, why is Empty-G allowed to speak at all? She is rarely ON-topic?
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There’s many examples of it, actually. I’ll give you another without even looking. Texas house walkout 2021.
@@jham7411if they do it to keep legislation from being voted on because they know it will pass, they aren’t doing there job!! Holding a walkout to support a fellow congressman is no way similar!!
@@jham7411 Yup. If Texas wants to pass a bill making it so those members cannot be re-elected? Sure. I don't have a problem with that. Can you tell me how many votes throughout the year did they miss?
They did walk out to put a spotlight on how un-democratic the GOP in Texas were being by limiting means of voting and also trying to pass a law so that voters cannot vote in private. That's pretty serious.
This law needs to be applied nationwide!
Yes, it does.
Imagine voting for a party that votes against cleaning up corruption. Truly gullible.
Damn straight, we are tired of these people NOT doing their jobs!!
But continues to get paid, by us.
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
There is no problem at the border - democrats for the past 3 years 😂😂
Who the hell they think they are? 😂
@@jham7411 one orchestrated walk-out in protest is not missing weeks of work like your republicans do sorry, cry
They didn't just walk out of the capital. They left the state for more than 10 legislative days. Then, the people voted to make it a State Constitutional Amendment. The Oregon SCOTUS had no choice but to uphold the State Constitution. I live just outside of Portland and I was totally in favor of this.
Don’t go to work, don’t keep your job. So happy I moved here.
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
@@jham7411 Your ignorance is showing 😂😂 Not the same thing, at all!
@@lessaleadr Texas house 2021. Democrats do it and the reasons don’t matter.
@@lessaleadr I'm a Democrat. Will you (can you?) explain how it's not the same without the special pleading "Because we agreed it was OK for our purposes"?
@@jham7411 if he went over his allotted 10 days yes.
How can we do it to MTG and Bobert and Gaetz and .....on and on
Get all the GOP reps out of politics!
Forever and start a new Party where country comes first 🇺🇸💯🎉
Funny but that's what I said using a lot more words. LOLOL Good job!
you cant stop a criminal from being president. you are getting cucked by russia and musk. america is a joke
Yes, Democrats must vote in numbers so big that only Democrats are elected!
Oh yah - then the Communist takeover will just happen sooner. During the 2016 presidential primaries the head of the American Communist Party said,"We might as well close shop - the Democrats have become us."
These GOP state senators are ridiculous. So many pressing issues and we could get nothing done. I’m glad we passed this legislation!
Good thing....!!!!, they are not law makers ....! They are SABOTEURS !!!
Lol Oregon is ridiculous..😂😂 portland is criminals and drug addicts 😂😂
They are 'Bundy Bozos', which tells you everything you need to know about them. LOL, life is gonna be hard for them outside the government bosom. They may actually have to get their hands callused with REAL work, and minimum wage. Oh, the Humanity! lol
So are we. Thank you!
Yes! Lead the way! Legislators ask to be hired/voted to do a job and they need to do it! It's good to feel there's recourse when they play instead of work!
Oh snap!! Well deserved for people not doing their jobs! And voting against the will of their constituents.
Absolutely totally agree 💯💯💯💯
I wish we could do that for the magas in the house for not doing their jobs.
Excellent it's about time, we are so done with this kind of nonsense throughout the entire Republican Party. Hope it sweeps across the Nation and helps stop all of this BS! ⚖️
Congratulations Oregonians for holding your legislators accountable! You have set a VERY good example for the rest of the nation to follow.
BRAVO !!! If i had walked off my job, I not only would have lost my job, but I would have been penalized financially.
What pathetic behavior by these republicans.
Congratulations Oregon for doing the right thing
Thank You 💯💯💯💯
Thank You Oregon and may all our Government adopt your no nonsense call for accountability. 👍
Your welcome. I'm an Oregonian.
You can tell by the wrong "your". @@evelynfuller2086
Proud of my home state
No more no show jobs for the gop in Oregon. Tough break , now they'll have to work for a living.
They should stick to Bake Sales at their church. 🤣
We need the Oregon rule in every state at every level of politics. These politicians need to know they work for the people. You don’t show up you don’t get paid.
Do you feel their constituents, voters in their districts who wanted and supported the walkout, should be told by voters in other districts what to do?
@gregm4441 do you think that constituents that wanted a vote should be okay with these other representatives DENYING a vote at all?
@@JessKalinow They'll need to reduce the quorum.
Would be nice to require this of Congress, too. No more fake debates with speakers talking to an empty chamber, etc. They should be doing the people's business rather than going on lobbyist-funded trips and other events, doing constant fund-raising, etc. Couple that with campaign financing reform, requiring disclosure of contributors, reintroducing limits on corporate funding (aka, special-interest bribery - and the Supreme Court is dead-wrong, corporations are neither people or citizens), and maybe D.C. can function as it was meant to do.
@@gregm4441…why on earth would those constituents be happy about their representatives not only NOT doing the job they’re being paid to do, but obstructing other paid employees from doing THEIR jobs? The paychecks of the chronically absent come from all the tax payers, not solely HIS constituents.
Proud to say I voted for this. Legislators need to do their jobs or be removed from office.
Great rule/law
I also voted for this
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Likewise should be in the Federal Government
Awesome ❤❤
WOO for Oregon!!
Now the rest of us need to follow their lead!!
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These republicans need to hear the words ~ your fired !!!
Preferably with better grammar: you're.
Except when 'hearing' you're fired sounds the same as your fired because that's the way everyone says it. I know, I have heard it a few times.@@davelowe1977
@@davelowe1977true, but we know Trump would use the wrong one if left on his own.
Amen to that
10 unexcused absences. If they want to act like school children, treat them as such.
Actually, most jobs, its one unexcused absence and you're gone.
It's time to hold the political class on all sides to the standards we all live by. Shame on them all for making this necessary.
Gotta love 🥳🎉
Only one problem, they are made & paid for by corporations as non humans - to destroy this world as aliens in Human bodies.
This is why corporations have more Rights then Humans - aka ruling by SupremeD beings.
Kudos to the brave people of Oregon! 😊😊😊
Not only should they be unable to serve another term, they should also be forced to reimburse Oregon taxpayers for every day they were absent.
FACTZ
Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
@@jham7411 How many times did they deny a quorum? 🤔
@@jham7411 That walk out was not to refrain from voting on issues. I live in Oregon, these Reps left the state to make sure they could not be called back to vote on issues. They did it time and time again. It was not to protest an action by the leader.
@@jham7411 The Tennessee walk out was a different matter. The Tennessee Three walked off the floor in protest of unfair treatment of one of their members, not to kill a quorum and deny even the possibility of a vote on legislation they didn't like. Also, it was a very short walkout. Public backlash led the Republican controlled legislature to recant its previous position, and the three were back at work. The two situations were not comparable.
So proud of Oregon.
This kind of law should be at every level of government and in all the states!
They need to return the wages they 'earned' while absent.
Great job Oregonians! Enough is enough is enough of the foolishness going on with the GOP.
Woo hoo! Life long Oregonian, so excited that we took this issue from a petition to the ballot to making change!
Outstanding. Accountability. Finally.
Oregonian here, so proud of my state right now!! Hope more states follow suit.
I would be proud, too! Go Oregon!!😊
Me too!
I’m a rural independent Oregonian and I voted for this. So sick and tired of cry baby republicans running away from their responsibilities. I pay their wages. You don’t show up for work then you’re fired!
I'm also from Oregon, and I voted for this! I'm so glad we made good on our promise to hold these representatives accountable. I'm pretty sure one of them was from my district. YAY!
Michigan here.. we're about ready to follow you!!
Glad to see them standing up instead of turning heads!
The guy who kept leading the walkouts here in Oregon was my 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher back in the 80’s. He did a whole course each year on law and constitutional law and that was my favorite thing in school. Somehow, he forgot everything he taught us in school and became a cranky old Republican representative who refused to go to work and do his damned job! I’m super proud to have voted to fire my former teacher for doing the complete opposite of what he taught us as kids. He needed to retire to his little farm and chill out.
I did feel bad for a while though. His second wife died several years ago, and I took a minute to look at her Facebook page after I sent him my sympathy. Her page was full of racist, rage baiting posts. I’m sure she had some influence over this guy I used to know, by filling his world with hate every day.
Now, instead of retiring his grumpy self to his farm, the citizens of my town have voted him on to the city counsel and now he’s obstructing any decent plans we have. Our homeless population has quadrupled and he’s refused federal funds to create warming stations, shelters, and treatment centers for the drug addicted. His reasoning is that the mayor (who has no actual power) is a democrat so he can blame her. He truly exists to point out how broken everything is, by keeping it broken.
The head of our town Republican Party is a woman from Orange County California who is very much into Q theory and regularly hosts people who have warning pages on the SPLC website. She had a public watch party for a Mike Pillow (Lindell) production a couple months ago. A complete Q nutty nutter butter.
Yikes! Must be Trump worship that turned him.
I have always thought of Oregon as a very blue state. It's a lot like Nevada with its growing hateful, bigoted, racist population. We need to vote out the hate and vote blue.
Good on you - I can’t believe he lost his principles.
I hate hearing about those types of people who engage in racist talk and behavior and engage in irrational conspiracy theories. It sickens me. It's evil and unnatural in my opinion. Just today I heard about the man from Tennessee and the militias from other states ( I think Oregon was one) planning to go to the border and basically make war on vulnerable people. They've been told there's an invasion and believe somehow that illegals benefit Democrats and that we've planned this. This kind of talk and behavior is so dangerous and will lead to many more innocent people dying. The entire Republican party, most especially MAGA , ... and their right wing media, are the ones responsible for this and should be held accountable. Even though this win doesn't address these other problems of lying and misinformation and dog whistling, it's a start.
😔 so sad for you. But people who used to think can't do it. Vote Blue
Let's pass a constitutional ammendment that you can only vote "No" to close debate in the senate, only once per year !!!
Oregon 💙💙💙⚖️
I understand why Brian is skeptical about the courts!! We all are!! But Marc that’s where you come in and help us understand the law more⚖️🇺🇸
FACTZ
Thank you for reporting this. As an Oregonian I’m so thankful they held them accountable.
What a good idea - good thinking Oregon folks!
I am a born, & raised Oregonian & have live here my entire life. I too am so proud of our State Supreme Court! They saw completely through the republican BS. "The voters didn't understand what they were voting for". Yes. We. Did!! And the Oregon S.C. agreed. I am so tired of Republicans treating the voters as though we are idiots (and yes there are some of those). Oh, I am a life long Democrat, and if it the Democrat legislatures pulled the same thing, I would have voted the same way! Because my country comes first,not my political party!
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Well said. 🙌🏻
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Another Dem W. Get these clowns the hell out of here.
Then why do you vote Democrat if country comes first?
Clean house!
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Did you have the same opinion about the Democrat walk-out in Tennessee over Rep. Jones? Somehow I doubt it.
Clean the Trator Trumpers out of Congress.
@@jham7411 one orchestrated walk-out in protest is not missing weeks of work like your republicans do sorry, cry
Every State should apply this rule for every member in Congress, no one should be exempt from this rule.
Accountability! Term limits! People of good character
GO OREGON! THIS NEEDS TO BE THE STANDARD!! 🎉🎉🎉
I love the way you keep us informed on under reported issues. This action should teach Democrats in DC how to deal with their Republican counterparts.
This needs to spread to the federal congress. Those 147 republicans who took part in Txxxx’s insurection on January 6th need to be excluded from our government.
they still might be, they're probably waiting for Trump to lose in the supreme Court first.
@@PeterShipley1That's a good point.
Yes, these Republicans need to be prosecuted for their crimes.
Amen to that. Seditionists need not apply.
Exactly! Once their terms are up, at the very least. No running again.
Way to go, Oregon!
You can't govern and work for the people that put you in office, if you're consistently absent!!! VOTE ALL Republicans out of office!!! 💙💙💙
Viva La Oregon!! 🎉🥳👏🎊🎉🥳👏🙌
🎉EXCELLENT CALL!! FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE!!🎉
All my love to Oregon, I enjoyed their hospitality for five years ❤
It is amazing that we can get people out who are not showing up for work but getting people out who started and supported an insurrection to take over the government takes years..
This did take Years to get through the Constitutional process and become State Law.
Yeah it would be insane if that was a thing, you're correct.
The thing is that no one supported an insurrection.
@@simpsondr12now that's a foolish take, the orange man planned it out loud since before his election, and if you wasn to believe him he personally claims one was planned against him by (insert group here) depending on who he's talking to, be it the FBI, IRS, any "-Ist" he doesn't agree with(not fascist for some reason, he only dislikes groups against that value😅). He'd blame Dems for water being wet and call it a problem, especially since they stopped hauling it up to his Penthouse in his aging pipes.
@@simpsondr12 Nonsense! When a large group breaks into the Capitol on the day the election is being certified, interrupting the proceedings, it is an Insurrection. It may have been a very stupid and unfruitful insurrection, but failure doesn't change the facts.
If anything brings the US down, it will be that. The law was not enforced against traitors in positions of power, sitting in the legislature then, who have never been penalized.
Oregon here...
Yep. We voted for that.
It’s up to WE THE PEOPLE to PROTECT DEMOCRACY. 🗳️ VOTE. 🌊
This is AWESOME!!!
BTW: I definitely voted for this issue. Did not take a rocket science degree to figure out that it was a good thing to vote FOR!!
Brian and Marc ⚖️🇺🇸💙
Thank you!!!!!
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Awesome!!! Can we get this done for a Congress??
Wanna get paid? Do the job. Oregon constituents said exactly that! What a concept!
Arizona needs this kind of law. Every state in the US needs. This law
Yoooooo! Let's Go Oregon!!!!!!!!!!!!
They missed 10 meetings and voting on abortion and other issues
They not serious about governing and working for the American people only to serve trump 🍊🙄
The best part is that the ballot initiative passed BEFORE their shenanigans, so they can't even argue they didn't know what they were doing
No, they did a boycott for 6 weeks and got kicked off being able to run in the next election. We changed our state constitution to say if you lose more than 10 days then you can't run for re-election.
@@SMS9155 Now we get more taxes, crime, regulations and unaffordable. Good going....
To say republicans voted for any of the bills is a lie. That is why there was walk outs. Their votes don't matter, and measure 110 is proof.
Thank you Brian for letting everybody know the truth! I live in Oregon it was appalling to watch. I'm glad they're never coming back!
WTG Oregon! Wish I still lived there! I’ll always be an Oregonian no matter where I live! My favorite state and place I was born! Most of my life was spent in Oregon. Dad was in the Air Force, but we always came back to Oregon! Washington would be my second favorite state. Yup. NW forever.
Hell yeah! I'm from the PNW and this is GREAT NEWS!! It's so appalling that they think they don't have to work while in office
Way to Go Oregon!!
Great job Oregon ☺️
Another proud Oregon resident here. I support this law. Also, I support Oregon’s first in the nation Vote by Mail law. Every single vote is by mail only! Turnout is high and we have had no fraud issues ever! In effect since the 90’s, I wish this would be passaged in every state. 🇺🇸🗳🇺🇸
Oregon voters can also drop their sealed ballots in drop boxes, which are available in many convenient locations starting 20 days before an election.
Well done Oregonians! I wonder what the actual percentages of voters are turning in? I don’t know the term for a vote-by-mail only.
Yeah, that's a good term. 😊
Absolutely!,
Biggest homeless camp I've ever seen was in Oregon... not to mention all the businesses with boarded up windows and hate speech spray painted on them... yeah you dipshits should keep voting the way you have been 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
FINALLY- A government that ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING!!! All hail Oregon!!!!
Proud to have helped vote this in!! Fingers crossed we’ll flip some of those seats
I am an Oregonian, and I am so happy to see this work out so well. Thank You for covering this.