# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C05d3sWsCeh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10365622-theoregonian-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6875868b10.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-12-16T03:25:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

A federal judge late Wednesday rejected a request to restore to the ballot three Republican senators who are barred from running for reelection because they participated in a six-week walkout.

U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken’s ruling denying a preliminary injunction came less than a day before the Oregon Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments in a separate state case involving senators who want to run for reelection despite a voter-approved law that sought to punish lawmakers who participate in walkouts. Oregon’s unusually high quorum requirements – two-thirds of representatives or senators must be present for the House or Senate to do business – give Republicans in the minority power to stop, or at least delay, bills supported by Democrats.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: seanspix

#orpolitics #politics #oregonpolitics #oregon #salemoregon #theoregonian

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 2,790
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 138

## Tags

oregonpolitics, oregon, politics, orpolitics, theoregonian, salemoregon

---
Copyright (c) Gondola