VIDEO: TODAY’S HOUSE FLOOR DEBATE ON OREGON JOB CREATION

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House Republicans today brought legislation to the House Floor that would provide tax relief to low-income Oregonians and working families, create new jobs, and put more money back into Oregon’s economy.  Despite an nonpartisan estimate suggesting the bill would create 20,000 new jobs, Democrats voted to keep HB 3469 locked in a committee that never granted it a hearing.

In this clip, Democrats kill the job creation bill, and later, argue that new taxes and government spending are the only solutions for job growth. The Democrats also discredit the Legislative Revenue Office's Oregon Incidence Tax Model (OTIM), which they helped create and have used to support their own measures.