Senate President boots dissident senator off Transportation Committee, appoints himself in bid to save bill 

House Bill 2025 still faces a difficult path on House and Senate floors. 

 

BY NIGEL JAQUISS

Oregon Journalism Project

Senate President Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego) exercised the power of his office Friday afternoon, June 20,  in a fraught moment for the legislative session’s signature policy bill.

He booted Sen. Mark Meek (D-Gladstone) off the Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment and claimed Meek’s seat for himself. 

Wagner did so after Meek expressed opposition to House…

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