Oregon waits as game of political poker plays out at the Capitol
State Rep. Cheri Helt, a Republican from Bend, was the lone member of her party to show up for a floor session in the Oregon House on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The walkout by her colleagues echoed one the day before by Senate Republicans. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau)
SALEM — The Capitol became a place without Republicans Tuesday, an extraordinary act of defiance of the control by Democrats.
Their absence is grinding to a halt votes…
