Political Coffee 6-24-25: Call Drazan to demand R's walk out 503 986 1451, Half House R's walk out, Dems in disarray over HB2025, poll shows voters not worried about roads and don't want tax increase

Call Drazan and ask her to lead the House R’s in a total shutdown in the remaining days of the session then negotiate to come back to finish budgets only. Her number is 503 986 1451Half of House R’s walk out: Kudos to Drazan https://oregoncatalyst.com/88798-rep-drazan-tax-threats-sen-gorseks-outburst.html Dems in disarray on big, ugly transportation tax increase as they don’t have the votes in House and sent back to committee: https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/the-story/gorsek-wagner-removed-from-key-committee-as-oregon-democrats-struggle-to-pass-road-funding-package/283-f66140b3-31db-4491-a24b-6b07fe09ea6a Poll shows voters in OR aren’t worried about roads and oppose the transportation tax increase in HB2025 https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2025/06/23/poll-shows-voters-arent-worried-about-oregon-roads-and-dont-want-to-pay-to-fix-them/ Marion Co commissioner Bethell gets first big donation in her run for Gov: https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2025/06/23/gop-candidate-for-governor-gets-first-big-check/