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berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 05:23 PM Feb 2016

"The Political Revolution Is Close To Fruition In Oregon".... my Governor !!

Democratic Gov. Kate Brown has advanced a slew of progressive priorities since she took office last year.


Many of the progressive wish list issues Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) advocate for as they campaign were achieved in Oregon in the last year.


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Since taking office, Democratic majorities in both chambers of the legislature have sent Brown bills addressing such progressive measures as expanding voting rights, access to birth control and background checks for gun purchases, as well as enacting paid sick leave and making community college nearly free for thousands of students.

Brown has tried to balance "fighting for working families and making sure we open the doors of opportunity to every single Oregonian" and treading cautiously because she is acutely aware that voters did not actually elect her into office.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kate-brown-oregon_us_56cce584e4b041136f18b490?utm_hp_ref=politics



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