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The Person Who RECEIVES Calls To Legislators

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Oregon's election-year legislative sessions are supposed to be short (five weeks), affairs aimed at general housekeeping. 

But this year's just-completed session got a bit more ambitious, in part because of pressure to produce legislation before ballot measures could force the state's hand in November's election. 

What do people contact their legislators about, in this or any session?  Tiffany Telfer Edwards is Communications Director for her husband, Sen. Chris Edwards of Eugene.  She visits with the word on what constituents care enough to call legislators to discuss.  

Lookup bill wording and fate here.

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.