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by these and other policies
enacted in Oregon’s past.
Measure 5 in 1990, for
example, reduced property
taxes and required local pub-
lic schools to be funded by
the state’s general fund rather
than by local taxes.
Senate Majority Leader
Ginny Burdick, D-Portland,
called the framework a “call
to action.”
“The fact that we face such
a defi cit during a booming
economic period in our state
demonstrates the need for
comprehensive revenue re-
form,” Burdick said.
She said legislators were
looking for ways to maximize
the state’s dollars but reiter-
ated the need “to reform our
revenue system to make sure
it is fair to all Oregonians.”
House Majority Leader
Jennifer Williamson, D-Port-
land, said the state couldn’t
“afford to move backward.”
“We can’t afford to move
backward in our investments
in education, health care and
critical services for struggling
families,” Williamson said in
a statement. “We shouldn’t
shortchange our economic
future by making it harder for
students to get a good educa-
tion. And I don’t believe that
any Oregonian wants us to
make these painful cuts.”
ganization would oppose the
new legislation.
“While Oregon Right to
Life takes no position on true
contraceptives, we, of course,
are opposed to abortion, which
always takes the life of an in-
nocent unborn child,” Atteber-
ry said in an email. “Because
of the abortion component,
ORTL is opposed to (the bill).”
Atteberry’s comment rais-
es the question of whether
including abortion could sink
the bill and doom other ben-
efi ts such as coverage of birth
control without a copayment.
“I believe that this year
there will be much more pres-
sure to pass this important
bill,” said Sen. Michael Dem-
brow, D-Portland. “I believe
that events at the national lev-
el will add to that pressure.”
The bill’s proponents, in-
cluding Rep. Barker, said they
believe a majority of Orego-
nians will support coverage of
abortion. The Legislature also
has a Democratic majority.
“This is a bill sponsored
by two Democrats, and Dem-
ocrats are in charge” noted
Rep. Sherrie Stenger, R-Scio,
who sponsored an unsuc-
cessful bill last year to ban
sex-selective abortions. “That
is probably the most salient
point in this conversation.”
Lawmakers will consider
the proposal during their ses-
sion, which kicks off Feb. 1.
Since 2014, California, Il-
linois, Maryland and Vermont
have passed laws adopting the
Affordable Care Act’s man-
date to cover contraceptives
without a patient copayment
and expanded on the federal
law’s provisions. Democratic
lawmakers in Colorado, Mas-
sachusetts, Minnesota and
New York have proposed sim-
ilar measures this year.
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This year, the state must
now also pick up some of the
tab for insuring additional Or-
egonians under the Oregon
Health Plan, as a result of the
Legislature’s decision to ex-
pand coverage in 2014 under
the Affordable Care Act — a
decision Devlin and Nathan-
son said they stood by Thurs-
day. The federal government
covered the initial costs of
implementation.
Devlin and Nathanson at-
tributed the defi cit to a “fun-
damental imbalance” caused
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Others were the ACLU of
Oregon, Asian-Pacifi c Ameri-
can Network of Oregon, Fam-
ily Forward Oregon, NARAL
Pro Choice Oregon, Oregon
Latino Health Coalition and
Western States Center, Swerd-
low said. Sen. Monnes Ander-
son introduced similar legis-
lation in 2015, though it did
not include coverage for men,
transgender individuals and
undocumented immigrants.
Bipartisan opposition in
the Senate, however, kept
her bill from progressing to a
vote, she said. Some senators
felt covering abortions could
be too controversial, Monnes
Anderson said.
Gayle Atteberry, executive
director of Oregon Right to
Life, said the anti-abortion or-
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Jim Green, the head of the
Oregon School Boards Asso-
ciation, called for both rev-
enue and PERS reform in a
statement Thursday.
“Our students need leader-
ship on these two issues from
the governor and our legisla-
tive leaders,” Green said.
Republicans,
however,
generally praised the frame-
work.
In a statement, Sen. Jackie
Winters, R-Salem, also called
the budget a “starting point.”
“Now the work begins,”
Winters said. “We have our
work cut out for us to craft
a sound, sustainable budget
(that) benefi ts Oregonians, ur-
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The Capital Bureau was
first to report that the man-
agement review’s scope
of work did not address
how much weight ODOT
employees give conflicts
of interest in the process
choosing contractors.
The redactions and the
additional
information
ban and rural alike.”
Sen. Minority Leader Ted
Ferrioli, R-John Day, said the
budget the co-chairs present-
ed was “based in reality.”
“It’s time Oregonians un-
derstood the consequences
of explosive growth of gov-
ernment and overspending,
coupled with anti-business
climate and restrictive an-
ti-land use laws,” Ferrioli
said. “The only way Oregon
will get through the current
budget crunch is by setting
better spending priorities and
demonstrating budget disci-
pline.”
Rep. Greg Smith, R-Hep-
pner, who is also House
West requested were not
yet complete, West said.
The preliminary find-
ings are scheduled to be
wrapped up by Feb. 1, he
said.
Staff members at the
Department of Administra-
tive Services then will de-
velop McKinsey’s findings
and list of options into a set
of recommendations, West
said.
The final report is set
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Republican Caucus Budget
Chair, also framed the frame-
work as an opportunity for
“spending reform.”
“This Legislature has an
opportunity this session to
fi nally address the structural
defi cits that led us to this po-
sition in the fi rst place,” Smith
said, “and to put Oregon on
the path to a more stable fi -
nancial future.”
The co-chairs said Thurs-
day that the Joint Ways &
Means committee plans to
release recommendations for
the 2017-19 state budget after
the next state revenue fore-
casts, which is due to come
out Feb. 22.
to be complete Feb. 28, he
said.
“The most important
thing I would like to say
is DAS has really taken a
hands-off approach to the
findings themselves,” said
West, who is married to
an ODOT employee. “We
think McKinsey and their
work is high quality, and
we don’t want any percep-
tion that DAS has influ-
enced the findings.”
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