On this day, May 22, 1843, The 1st wagon train with over 1000 people departed Independence, Missouri for Oregon. Known as the "Great Emigration," the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.
Also on this day, May 22, 1902, Crater Lake National Park was established. Featuring the deepest lake in America at 1,943 feet, the lake was formed when Mt. Mazama, a volcano taller than today's Mt. Hood, erupted and collapsed over 7,000 years ago.
Senate Republicans seek to preserve tax relief
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has released an
audit of Oregon’s mortgage interest deduction. The document blames the deduction, that allows Oregonians to keep more of their own money, for many of Oregon’s housing woes.
“This ‘audit’ reads more like a
political messaging memo than any real research,†said Deputy Senate Republican Leader Chuck Thomsen (R-Hood River). “The Secretary is politicizing the Audits Division for her own partisan ends of shifting blame away from her party’s decades of housing policy failures onto a tool that hundreds of thousands of working-class families use to make ends meet.â€
“Democrats continue to double down on failed housing policies that drive up the cost of housing while trying to run away from
responsibility,†said Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend). “In the middle of all this economic uncertainty, it's unclear why
the Secretary is attacking the one tax benefit that is available to working-class Oregonians.
“If Democrats want to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, they will be voting to raise taxes on hundreds of thousands of Oregonians across the state. Increasing taxes on Oregonians won’t make housing more affordable. Republicans will fight any effort to curb this vital tax relief.â€
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Democrats have consistently opposed Republican-led efforts to make structural reforms to decrease the cost of housing. Last session, Democrats blocked a Republican effort to make the impact of housing regulation on the cost of housing more transparent by voting down
SB 1537. Democrats also blocked
HB 4118 which would have cleared roadblocks to the development of workforce housing.
--Staff Reports| Post Date: 2022-03-17 13:57:50 | Last Update: 2022-03-17 13:50:15 |
