{"id":1851616,"date":"2023-02-17T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851616"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:42:11","slug":"idaho-house-approves-talks-to-annex-oregon-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-house-approves-talks-to-annex-oregon-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho House Approves Talks To Annex Oregon Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fidaho-house-approves-talks-to-annex-oregon-counties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The Idaho House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2023\/02\/14\/greater-idaho-legislation-moves-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Passed a resolution<\/a> On Wednesday, talks will be initiated with the Oregon Legislature regarding the possibility of expanding the Idaho border to eastern Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Such a resolution can be traced back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greateridaho.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greater Idaho movement<\/a>, which seeks to absorb 11 Oregon counties, or 63 percent of the state\u2019s landmass, into Idaho. The rationale for such a move is that the leftist residents of northwest Oregon \u2014 Portland, Salem, Eugene \u2014 control the politics of the state, and therefore rural, conservative residents in eastern and southern Oregon are effectively silenced on matters of state governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aspirations of Portland-area and northwestern Oregon voters force the state government toward a direction that happens to be incompatible with the values and livelihoods of my town and many in eastern and southern Oregon,\u201d Mike McCarter, President of Citizens for Greater Idaho wrote an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/opinion\/2021\/07\/opinion-shifting-oregon-idaho-border-can-help-us-all-live-in-peace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">op-ed<\/a> Oregon Live.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho&#8217;s overwhelmingly Republican legislature would be a good place for conservative Oregonians living in rural areas. Idaho politics are red. Since Lyndon B. Johnson&#8217;s 1964 election, the state has not backed a Democrat as President.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho Rep. Judy Boyle supports expanding because she is concerned about the amount of drugs entering her state. Boyle represents a border district, and because Oregon has moved to decriminalize most drugs, there\u2019s been an influx of drugs into the region. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopress.com\/eyeonboise\/house-passes-resolution-to-begin-talks-with-oregon-about-greater-idaho\/article_d12b50e4-ad5e-11ed-b0f9-9b7b647a8ba7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telled<\/a> the Idaho Press she voted to extend her state\u2019s border to \u201cget those drugs away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Barbara Ehardt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopress.com\/eyeonboise\/house-passes-resolution-to-begin-talks-with-oregon-about-greater-idaho\/article_d12b50e4-ad5e-11ed-b0f9-9b7b647a8ba7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Believes<\/a> Idaho has a lot to gain from absorbing eastern and southern Oregon\u2019s natural resources and land mass. Proponents can help the Oregon legislature if it is concerned about losing so many state land. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/opinion\/2021\/07\/opinion-shifting-oregon-idaho-border-can-help-us-all-live-in-peace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Argument<\/a> The majority of the land involved in the expansion is privately or federally owned. The state government would not lose much.<\/p>\n<p>However, not all Idaho legislators support the expansion. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be self-segregating by ideology like this,\u201d House Minority Leader, Democratic Rep. IlanaRubel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/greater-idaho-movement-state-house-resolution-discussion-oregon\/283-2fb2ffb1-a0ce-49b8-9a2d-5003cbba2dd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telled<\/a> A local news channel. \u201cI think we\u2019re on a path to civil war if we keep going down this path. We have got to learn to get along better and work together better. The answer cannot be to carve up the country and redraw lines that have been in place for a century or more, just so we can only be surrounded by people that perfectly agree with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The measure will now be sent to the Idaho Senate for approval. However, it must also receive the blessing of the Oregon legislature. 11 Oregon rural counties have already approved the measure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2023\/02\/14\/greater-idaho-legislation-moves-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Already signed<\/a> Onto the petition for expansion. Oregon would lose one of its congressional seats and one electoral vote as a result of the population shift.<\/p>\n<p> Victoria Marshall is a staff writer for The Federalist. Her writing has appeared in The Federalist, National Review, Townhall, and the New York Post. Hillsdale College, where she studied journalism and politics, graduated her in May 2021. 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