The Seventy-Third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the

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(OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. (The Legislative Assembly is the legislative body of the

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, composed of the

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and the

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.) The regular session was from January 10, 2005 to August 5, and a one-day special session on April 20, 2006. The Senate was controlled by the

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during the 73rd legislature, and the House was controlled by the

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. The 2005 regular session was the second longest in Oregon history, lasting 208 days, from January until August. Two members of the House ( Dan Doyle, R-Salem and Kelley Wirth, D-Corvallis) resigned due to unrelated scandals in 2005.

Partisan control

Senators of the 2005 Legislative Session

Senate President: Peter Courtney (D-11 Salem)
President Pro Tem:

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(D-22 Portland)
Majority Leader:

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(D-21 Portland)
Minority Leader:

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(R-30 John Day)

Representatives

Speaker: Karen Minnis (R-49 Wood Village)
Speaker ''Pro Tempore'': Dennis Richardson (R-4 Central Point)
Majority Leader: Wayne Scott (R-39

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)
Assistant Majority Leader: Debi Farr (R-14

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)
Assistant Majority Leader: Billy Dalto (R-21 Salem)
Majority Whip: Derrick Kitts (R-30 Hillsboro)
Democratic Minority Leader:

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(D-47

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)

References

External links

Chronology of regular legislative sessions
from

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Chronology of special legislative sessions
from Blue Book
List of members of 2005 session
from

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Committee assignments
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in the 2005 regular session * Officia

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Partisan control

Senators of the 2005 Legislative Session

Representatives

See also

References

External links