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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
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Dems block transportation funding bill Wash. bill aims
Bellwether states
Associated Press
NORTHWEST POLITICS
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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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.”
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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. According to the
National Conference of State Legislature, at least
four other states, in addition to Washington, have
introduced similar measures this year: Indiana, Ore-
gon, West Virginia and Missouri.
Even if the Washington state measure progress-
es out of the Republican-controlled Senate, it is not
likely to gain traction in the Democratic-controlled
House.
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