Oregon Republican walkout enters third day

It was more of the same in Salem on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers continued their boycott of the Oregon Legislature. Senate Republicans walked out on Monday after cap and trade cleared a final committee and headed to a floor vote that, had they stayed on the job, would likely have taken place on Wednesday. But with 11 of 12 Republican senators absent — Sen. Tim Knopp of Bend is the lone Republican defying the caucus — the 30-member Senate again fell short of the two-thirds quorum it needed…