Tough state senator gets control over Oregon budget
State Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, will be co-chair of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee that sets spending by state agencies. (File/Portland Tribune)
State Sen. Betsy Johnson, a coastal legislator known for tough questioning of state bureaucrats, is getting a more powerful perch to watch over state spending.
In what one legislator termed a genius move, Senate President Peter Courtney this week announced that he was appointing Johnson co-chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee.…
