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Page 4A POLITICS East Oregonian Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Cruz tops Trump in Iowa caucuses; Clinton, Sanders in tight Dem race DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a ¿ ery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Monday, overcom- ing billionaire Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expect- ed showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Among Dem- ocrats, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter enthusiasm to a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton, long considered her party’s front-runner. Cruz’s victory over Trump was a testament to his mas- sive get-out-the-vote opera- tion in Iowa and the months he spent wooing the state’s inÀ uential conservative and evangelical leaders. “Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee and next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media, will not be chosen by the Washington establish- ment,” Cruz said. His comments were echoed by Sanders, under- scoring the degree to which voter frustration with the po- litical system has crossed par- ty lines in the 2016 campaign. “It is too late for estab- lishment politics and estab- lishment economics,” said Sanders, who declared the Democratic race a “virtual tie.” Clinton took the stage at her own campaign rally say- ing she was “breathing a big sigh of relief” but with the Democratic race too close to call. Aware that even a slim victory over Sanders would reinvigorate questions about her candidacy, she foresaw a long race to come. “It is rare that we have the opportunity we do now, to have a real contest of ideas, to really think hard about what the Democratic Party stands for and what we want the future of our country to look like,” Clinton said. Trump has shaken the Re- publican Party perhaps more than any other candidate, AP Photo/Chris Carlson Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a caucus night rally, Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN 2012 Barack Obama* Rick Santorum Barack Obama* Mitt Romney 2008 Barack Obama Mike Huckabee Hillary Clinton John McCain 2004 John Kerry George W. Bush* John Kerry George W. Bush* 2000 Al Gore George W. Bush Al Gore John McCain 1996 Bill Clinton* Robert Dole Bill Clinton* Pat Buchanan 1992 Tom Harkin George H.W. Bush* Paul Tsongas George H.W. Bush* 1988 Richard Gephardt Robert Dole Michael Dukakis George H.W. Bush 1984 Walter Mondale Ronald Reagan* Gary Hart Ronald Reagan* 1980 Jimmy Carter* George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter* Ronald Reagan Won presidency Won nomination *Incumbent, ran unopposed or without significant opposition SOURCE: AP Election Services AP Photo/Evan Vucci Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, ac- companied by former President Bill Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton speaks at her caucus night rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sand- ers, I-Vt., arrives for a caucus night rally on Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. ful memories of her loss to Barack Obama in 2008. Her campaign spent nearly a year building a get-out-the- vote operation in Iowa yet still seemed to be caught off guard by the enthusiasm sur- rounding Sanders. A self-declared democrat- ic socialist from Vermont, Sanders drew large, youthful crowds across the state with his calls for breaking up big Wall Street banks and his ¿ erce opposition to a cam- paign ¿ nance system that he says is rigged for the wealthy. Cruz modeled his cam- paign after past Iowa Re- publican winners, visiting all of the state’s 99 counties and courting evangelical and conservative leaders. While candidates with that portfolio have often faded later in the primary season, Cruz hopes to ride his momentum to the nomination. Trump too second place, but Rubio, favored by more mainstream Republicans, gave him a battle even for that. “We have taken the ¿ rst step, but an important step, By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau WON NEW HAMPSHIRE AP Photo/Andrew Harnik though he was unable to turn his legion of fans into an Iowa victory. He sounded humble in de- feat, saying he was “honored” by the support of Iowans. And he vowed to keep up his ¿ ght for the Republican nom- ination. “We will go on to easi- ly beat Hillary or Bernie or whoever the hell they throw up,” Trump told cheering supporters. For Clinton’s supporters, the tight race with Sanders was sure to bring back pain- Bill would have eliminated carbon credit system Wins in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire often — but not always — give candidates momentum toward a party nomination. WON IOWA to winning the nomination,” Rubio said at a campaign ral- ly in Des Moines. Candidates in both parties faced an electorate deeply frustrated with Washing- ton. While the economy has improved under President Barack Obama, the recovery has eluded many Americans. New terror threats at home and abroad have increased national security concerns. Voters at Republican cau- cuses indicated they were deeply unhappy with the way the federal government is working. Half said they were East Oregonian Page 5A Dems block transportation funding bill Wash. bill aims Bellwether states Associated Press NORTHWEST POLITICS Tuesday, February 2, 2016 AP dissatis¿ ed and 4 in 10 said they were angry, according to surveys conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and the television net- works. Six in 10 Democratic caucus-goers wanted a can- didate who would continue Obama’s policies. Young vot- ers overwhelmingly backed Sanders. Both parties were draw- ing new voters. About 4 in 10 participants in each party said they were caucusing for the ¿ rst time. In Iowa, which has for decades launched the presi- dential nominating contest, candidates also faced an electorate that’s whiter, more rural and more evangelical than many states. But, given its prime leadoff spot in the primary season, the state gets extra attention from presiden- tial campaigns. The caucuses marked the end of at least two candidates’ White House hopes. For- mer Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley ended his longshot bid for the Democratic nomi- nation. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee dropped out on the Republican side. SALEM — Democratic leaders in the Oregon House have blocked a $340 million transportation funding bill in- troduced by a Wilsonville Re- publican. State Rep. John Davis, R-Wilsonville, knew his bill faced long odds, given that Gov. Kate Brown and leaders in the House and Senate all said they would not attempt to pass a transportation fund- ing bill until 2017. But Davis decided to pursue the legis- lation anyway, in an attempt to get a jump on projects to reduce traf¿ c congestion and compete for a share of $800 million in federal grants for freight projects available this year under the transportation funding bill Congress passed in December. Davis said Democratic leaders never responded to his emails and phone call request- ing a hearing on the bill, and he ¿ nally learned the legisla- tion would not get a hearing when he ran into Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson, D-Portland, chair of the committee where the bill was assigned. Davis’ bill would have raised money for transporta- tion through a combination of bonds, an increase in the gas tax in the Portland metropoli- tan area to pay for local proj- ects, increases in license and registration fees, and a hike in the weight mile tax for trucks. House Democrats objected to the bill because it would have eliminated the carbon credit system created under Oregon’s low-carbon fuel standard. Last year Republi- cans refused to vote for any transportation bill that in- cluded an increase in the gas tax, unless Democrats would agree to repeal the fuel stan- dard. “Last session, in 2015, I spent a lot of time and effort on both the clean fuels bill and the transportation pack- age and really worked hard to see if there was a path forward to compromise,” Vega Ped- erson said. “It wasn’t there. We spent a lot of time on it, and a lot of hours in rooms, and really we weren’t able to come up with anything that worked.” Davis said he hoped leg- islative hearings would have provided an opportunity to revisit the low-carbon fuels program. “I still think legislative oversight is vital, because the (Environmental Quality Com- mission) has changed the facts on the ground in meaningful ways since the 2015 session through rulemaking,” Davis said. In December, the com- mission voted to delay en- forcement of the fuel standard until 2018, and commission- ers said they wanted frequent updates on the supply and cost of alternative fuels and carbon credits. Senate Democrats, who had helped negotiate a 2015 transportation funding pack- age that ran into opposition in the House, listed a transporta- tion as one of their priorities for 2016. “I don’t think anybody ex- pects a transportation package to pass this session,” said Sen- ate Majority Whip Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaver- ton. “I do think a lot of peo- ple think we will have robust public conversation about it in multiple committees because I think the vast majority of us agree that without a transpor- tation package we are going to be struggling, and it is going to be more expensive for busi- nesses to get their goods to market. It’s going to take lon- ger for people to get to work. We are more at risk for bridge collapses not just from earth- quakes but from other caus- es so we need to be thinking hard about how we invest in Oregon’s transportation infra- structure in ways that protect our future.” ——— The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Omnibus housing bill unlikely to pass this session By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — An omnibus bill to address the state’s affordable housing crisis is unlikely to pass during the Legislature’s 35-day session that began Monday, according the Senate Majority Leader Ginny Bur- dick, D-Portland. “There really is a crisis out there,” Burdick said. “People are being thrown out of their apartments. It’s a very serious problem in Portland, so I would hope to do at least something on it, but it won’t be the omni- bus bill. It’s just too ambitious for 35 days.” Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, D-Portland, chairwoman of the House Committee on Human Services and Housing, pro- posed the housing package af- ter public testimony in Novem- ber. The testimony highlighted that a shortage of affordable housing and no-cause evictions have exacerbated homelessness “People are being thrown out of their apartments ... I would hope to do at least something on it, but it won’t be the omnibus bill. It’s just too ambitious for 35 days.” — Ginny Burdick, Senate Majority Leader, D-Portland and poor living conditions in the state. The package, which also is championed by House Speak- er Tina Kotek, D-Portland, includes restricting no-cause evictions and requiring land- lords to give 90 days’ notice before terminating a lease or raising rent on a tenant. It would exempt property owners from capital gains taxes when they sell their property to a housing authority. It would yield an estimated $5 million by increasing the states’ document recording fee to $30 from $20. Keny-Guyer also is seek- ing $10 million for emergency housing assistance and $17.5 million in lottery bonds to pre- serve affordable housing by compensating for expiring fed- eral rental assistance contracts or matured federal loans. Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, chairman of the Senate workforce commit- tee, has resurrected a bill that would repeal a ban on requiring developers to include afford- able housing units in their new developments. That practice is known as inclusionary zoning. He made a similar proposal last year. That proposal died in the Senate. Dembrow’s proposal re- ceived strong support during a public hearing Monday in front of the House Committee on Human Services and Hous- ing. Out of more than a dozen speakers, none spoke against the measure. Burdick said lawmakers need to narrow the legislation down to one or two measures that can make the most dif- ference. It’s unclear whether lawmakers can agree on what those one or two items might be. “I would say personally one of my biggest concerns in this regard is the issue of tenants being afraid to complain to landlords about unsafe condi- tions in their housing because of our no-cause eviction law in Oregon,” said Senate Majority Whip Elizabeth Steiner Hay- ward, D-Beaverton. “They’re basically very worried that if they complain about mold or poor ventilation or any of the other conditions we know contribute to poor health that they could be given a no-cause eviction notice and be out of a place to live.” Pendleton Book Co. to ban abortions based on gender By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state is among a handful of states this year where lawmakers are seeking to ban abortions sought because of the gen- der of a fetus, something abortion rights groups say is a veiled effort to expand restrictions to abortion in the state. Senate Bill 6612, sponsored by Republican Sen. Ann Rivers of La Center, would make it a Class C felony, carrying a maximum penalty of up to ¿ ve years in prison andor a $10,000 ¿ ne, for a doctor to knowingly perform or attempt an abortion sought solely because of the sex of the fetus. A physician would also face losing his or her medical license. The bill, which has a public hearing Tuesday morning, notes that the United States, along with other counties, “has petitioned the United National General Assembly to declare sex-selection abortion a crime against women” and that India, Great Britain and China have all taken steps to end the practice. “The victims of sex-selection abortion are over- whelmingly female,” the bill reads. “Women are a vital part of our society and culture and possess the same fundamental human rights as men.” Rivers said she introduced the bill because sev- eral other states have already banned sex-selective abortions and she wanted to “have a collegial dis- cussion about it.” “I don’t think this bill will go anywhere, but I would like to keep the pro¿ le raised on this very im- portant issue,” she wrote in a text message. Abortion rights groups argue that sex-selective abortion is not an issue in the United States. Rachel Berkson, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington called the Senate bill “a Trojan horse to ban abortion.” “Of course, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington has long opposed and will continue to oppose re- productive coercion in any form, and that includes societal pressure to have a child of a particular sex,” Rachel Berkson, the group’s executive director, said Monday. But Berkson said that it’s impossible for doctors to prove the reasons for why a woman is seeking an abortion, and she said she believes it could cause doctors to stereotype women from countries where sex-selection abortion is a known practice. “We think this would unfairly harm them and stand in the way of their access,” she said. Seven states currently ban sex-selective abor- tions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights advocacy group. 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