- Brown said she was not backing down after 11 Senate Republican legislators killed a Democratic cap-and-trade bill by fleeing the state for a week, denying the majority Democrats a quorum, near the end of the legislative session.
- The governor later praised legislators for an extraordinary session, citing bills on paid family and medical leave, health-care funding and housing investments, as well as the Student Success Act, which raises $1 billion per year for education by hiking taxes on the state's highest-earning businesses.
- Governor Brown has subjected the people of Oregon to a long line of abuses of power while at the same time refusing to address their legitimate concerns, said the recall statement.
- A fourth Democratic state legislator, Rochelle Galindo, resigned in May amid sexual misconduct allegations, which she denied, after the launch of a recall campaign.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/15/oregon-gop-launches-recall-effort-against-democrat/
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