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Tell Lawmakers: Take Action to Prevent Cuts

Tell legislators NOW IS THE TIME to use reserves. We're asking Oregon lawmakers to take action before the end of the legislative session to prevent cuts to schools, childcare, healthcare, food assistance, public safety, and more. Use this tool to send a clear message to your lawmaker: STOP these cuts to vital public services.
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Tell Lawmakers: Protect Oregonians from Harmful Federal Cuts of HR1

This past summer, Trump and Congressional Republicans passed H.R.1, an enormous tax and budget bill that slashes nearly $1 billion from Oregon's 2025-27 budget. Since Oregon automatically connects to federal tax changes, H.R. 1 slashes state revenues and includes devastating cuts to the Oregon Health Plan and SNAP. Over the next decade, the impacts will be more than a $15 billion reduction in federal funding and reduced state revenue due to our tax connection. With these cuts to core services, Congress bought special tax breaks for the wealthiest people and biggest corporations that do little to help Oregon's economy and will hurt Oregonians. Closing those loopholes means we can protect the things we all rely on. Email your legislators TODAY and urge them to take action to fight back and protect working families, instead of corporations and wealthy investors.
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Tell Lawmakers: Protect Oregonians from Harmful Federal Cuts of HR1

Demand Lawmakers Create a Plan for Revenue

Major education bills and priority needs for working class Oregonians failed this session because of a lack of revenue. This cannot become our new normal. Demand that lawmakers create a plan for new revenue.
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Lawmakers Must Take Action on New Revenue

The 2025 legislative session is coming to a close, and it was a let-down for public education and working families. All three of OEA’s priority bills stalled, and many of our coalition partners watched their key proposals fail as well. Desperately needed funding for special-education services, pay parity for part-time community-college faculty, and making class size and case loads a mandatory subject of bargaining were all left to die.

This session’s outcome reaffirms what we have been saying for years: If lawmakers can’t find new, sustainable revenue, critical services will continue to be underfunded and Oregon families will continue to feel the squeeze.

We refuse to accept another year of inaction. Take two minutes right now to email your legislators and insist they come back in 2026 with a real plan to raise revenue for schools and other vital services.

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The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is a union committed to the cause of providing the basic right of great public education to every student. OEA represents about 41,000 educators working in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 public schools and community colleges. OEA’s membership includes licensed teachers and specialists, classified/education support professionals (ESPs), community college faculty, retired educators, and student members. OEA members also belong to the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA).
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