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Oregon’s reps talk elections
■Politicians speak about the
election’s effect on Congress
and issues in Oregon
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
la the uncertain weeks since the
polls closed, local and state politi
cians have had the opportunity to
reflect on this historic election and
speculate about the future in Con
gress. Oregon’s
senators and
representatives
are facing a nar
rowly divided
Congress and
an administra
tion that will
gain office
without gaining
a convincing
majority of the
popular vote.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, who was
elected Nov. 7 to his eighth term in
Congress, said this election remind
ed him of when, as a kid. he waited
anxiously for the results of the 1960
election, which pitted Democrat
John F. Kennedy against Republi
can Richard M. Nixon.
“1 still remember when my teacher
came into the room to announce that
Kennedy had won,” he said.
In that election, Kennedy won
only 118,550 more popular votes
than Nixon. The divide between Al
Gore and George W. Bush in the cur
rent election is the slimmest since
the 1960 election.
Elections across the county for po
sitions in the Senate and House of
Representatives have left Congress
narrowly divided. The fate of the
Senate is yet to be determined. For
mer Democratic Rep. Maria Cantwell
was declared the winner of Washing
ton’s Senate race over incumbent Re
publican Sen. Slade Gorton, but the
close results triggered an automatic
re-count. If Cantwell wins, the Sen
ate will be split 50-50. A Gorton vic
tory will give the Republicans a one
seat majority.
The Senate has never been split
50-50, though there are many occa
sions in history when it has been di
vided by only one seat. In any case,
the Republicans will likely retain
power in the Senate because if Dick
Cheney is elected vice president, he
will become Senate president and
will cast tie-breaking votes whenev
er the Senate is deadlocked. Should
DEFAZIO
Joe Lieberman become vice presi
dent, he would have to relinquish
his seat as Connecticut’s senator.
Connecticut’s governor, a Republi
can, would then appoint a replace
ment, also likely to be a Republican.
Wyden promotes pain relief
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the
prospect of a narrowly split Senate
strengthens the Democrats’ position
relative to the last three sessions, in
which the Republicans have held be
tween a two- and five-seat majority.
Wyden said he thinks the Democ
ratic gains in the Senate have in
creased pressure on Sen. Don Nick
les, R-Okla., to pass the Pain Relief
Promotion Act before the Senate ad
journs. This act. which was at
tached to a Republican tax relief
package last month, would block
Oregon’s law allowing physician
assisted suicide. Wyden has filibus
tered to stop the legislation, with
the hope of having the act removed
from the tax relief package.
Wyden said he thinks Nickles
will be pushing hard to pass this
legislation as soon as possible be
cause “I’ve got more potential allies
come January,” when the next Sen
ate session begins. The Pain Relief
Promotion Act is still on hold while
Congress waits to see who will be
elected president.
Smith speaks
for bipartisanship
If Bush wins the presidency, Sen.
Gordon Smith, R-Ore., may find him
self part of a Republican-dominated
government, with majorities, albeit
slim, in both chambers of Congress
and the White House. The last time
the Republicans held a majority in
Congress and occupied the White
House was in 1953 when Dwight D.
Eisenhower defeated Democrat Ad
lai Stevenson for the presidency. At
that time, the Republicans had an
eight-seat majority in the House and a
one-seat lead in the Senate.
Smith said that no one comes
away from this election with a clear
mandate to lead.
“Our country is severely split
down the middle politically,” Smith
said. “I want to see this closer margin
as fostering more bipartisanship.”
Smith said he thinks it behooves
elected officials to put aside the tra
ditional rancor of partisan politics
and work across party lines. He not
ed that neither party rules the Sen
ate until it holds 60 of the 100 seats.
In the House of Representatives,
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I and he took note of the $1.8 million
donation from the estate of Morse’s
good friend Ed Conklin that funded
the law school commons and chair
office, and launched the center.
I He said the center will be “a true
t crown jewel” in interdisciplinary
g studies and will continue to impact
| the community.
| “The center improves the com
munity and has always improved
l the community,” he said.
Hallock said it was a “tremen
dous privilege” to become the cen
ter’s director after working with
each chair for the last 12 years. She
said the center is a way for the Uni
versity to deal with community is
sues in the form of healthy debate.
“The center has authentic links to
the community and the true and
purest discussion,” she said.
In addition to working with the
community, Hallock said the center
will become a resource for students
of all departments by hosting more
speakers and activities to deal with
timely issues of law and politics.
Students will also be able to earn
fellowships through the law school
to work with the center. The first
three recipients, Aaron James, Tiffany
Harris and Michael Arnold, were on
Democratic gains whittled the Re
publican majority to two seats. Re
publicans took 220 seats, Democ
rats 211 seats, and independents
two seats. A majority in the 435-seat
House requires 218 seats.
DeFazio said this will facilitate
more bipartisan legislation, such as
the Steens Mountain Bill, which
President Clinton signed into law
Oct. 30. The bill designated the
southeastern Oregon mountain as
federal wilderness land, the largest
such designation in six years. De
Fazio said he hopes to make more
progress in resource protection
even in a divided Congress.
The Electoral College?
With the nation facing the possibil
ity of putting a president in office
who did not garner a majority of the
popular vote, politicians have had
cause to consider the merits and fair
ness of the Electoral College system.
Phil Barnhart, representative
elect for state House District 40 and
chairman of the Democratic Party of
Lane County, said he has overheard
lots of discussion about the Elec
toral College in the past few days.
He said he is in favor of the sys
tem because it forces candidates to
campaign all over the country.
“They have to campaign in small
states as well as in big states,” he
said. “You end up with a person
who actually has the capacity to
represent the whole country. ”
Many believe that it is unlikely
that a change in the Electoral Col
lege system would ever come about.
It would take a Constitutional
amendment, requiring two-thirds
majorities in both chambers of Con
gress and three-quarters of all state
legislatures to ratify it. Smaller
states, which would stand to lose a
considerable amount of influence if
the president was elected via popu
lar vote, are unlikely to ratify an
amendment that would take away
their power.
Smith said Oregon would not have
gotten as much attention in this elec
tion if not for the Electoral College.
“Both campaigns developed
strategies around the Electoral Col
lege system that included Oregon in
the calculation,” he said.
He said he was open to debate
about changing or abolishing the
Electoral College but added, “It’s
unlikely that I would vote as a U.S.
senator to abolish the Electoral
College.”
hand for the opening ceremonies.
“It’s quite an honor, especially
considering [Wayne Morse],”
Arnold said, “I admire him; he’s just
got tenacity I admire.”
He added he also was honored to
receive the fellowship because it
will involve him in several commu
nity events and service projects,
which he said were at the core of a
lawyer’s profession.
Harris said the fellowship was a
validation of what she wants to do
with her law degree. She said be
cause of all the different aspects of
law, many law students lose focus,
but earning the fellowship has given
her a definite idea about what she
wants to do in the community.
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