Progressive Party

Fighting for Honest Elections, Economic Justice, Human Rights,
Environmental Protection, and Grassroots Democracy.

WE SUPPORT: real campaign finance reform, Medicare for All, equal rights (including same-sex marriage), reproductive choice, and $24 minimum wage.

WE OPPOSE: the corruption of elections by big money, bloated military spending and unneeded foreign adventures, "corporate personhood," letting the Republicans use the filibuster to run the U.S. Senate, “free trade" deals that let corporations override labor, consumer protection, and environmental policies, and the Safeway-Kroger merger.

REAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Oregon candidate spending skyrocketed from $4 million in 1996 to $153 million in 2022, when the campaigns for Governor spent over $80 million (double 2018's record). Candidates in a single race for the Oregon Senate spent $5 million, over $80 per vote.

The Oregon Legislature had never set limits on political campaign contributions, until March 2024. The Democrats/Republicans were forced to adopt limits, because Honest Elections Oregon had gathered over 100,000 signatures to put a stricter campaign finance reform initiative on the 2024 ballot. The new contribution limits and disclosure requirements are not perfect, and we are working to improve them.

The Oregon Progressive Party is a founding member of the Honest Elections Oregon coalition, which also passed ballot measures to limit contributions and require disclosure of funding sources in Portland and Multnomah County elections.

WE ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT PARTIES,
WHICH DO NOT SUPPORT ANY OF THESE POLICIES:

Real campaign finance reform, particularly in Oregon

Democrats should use their U.S. Senate majority to override filibusters and adopt federal laws (1) protecting reproductive freedom; (2) restoring EPA authority to regulate emissions to combat climate change; and (3) enlarging the Supreme Court to 13 members.

Really demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza

"Medicare for All" comprehensive health care

State Bank to invest state funds in Oregon projects and jobs, instead of sending Oregon funds to Wall Street and then borrowing it back at enormous fees and interest rates

Increase minimum wage to living wage ($24) now

Reduce Oregon income tax on families living at or near the poverty level

Remove mortgage deductions on vacation homes

Strictly regulate toxic air pollution, including diesel emissions and aerial spraying of pesticides

Tax emissions that cause climate change; invest in clean energy (not nuclear)

Slash military spending and reduce our 650 foreign military bases in 178 nations

Enable grass-roots efforts to effectively use the initiative and referendum

Ban fossil fuel exports from Pacific Northwest ports, including Jordan Cove

Ban transport of oil by train through Oregon and export of raw logs

Stop state promotion of gambling (a hidden, regressive tax)

INVEST IN OREGON

Oregon should devote its $140 billion of investment funds to public works and jobs for Oregonians, instead of sending it to Wall Street to use in businesses outside Oregon. The State pays over $1 billion in fees every year (mostly undisclosed) to vulture capitalists who use Oregon funds to buy into all sorts of corporations, including fossil fuels and even and makers of spyware used to oppress activists worldwide (search Oregon, NSO, Pegasus).

See our testimony on hundreds of bills at the Oregon Legislature: progparty.org/leg

OREGON BALLOT MEASURES:

PORTLAND CHARTER AMENDMENT:

26-250: YES on Independent Portland Elections Commission to control implementation of city programs involving elections and campaigns

www.progparty.org --- info@progparty.org --- 503-765-5667

(This information furnished by Oregon Progressive Party.)