(Salem, OR) -- Republican lawmakers continue to thwart the Oregon Senate's attempts to convene. The state Senate tried to meet over the weekend but was again prevented from doing so by Republican members refusing to show up for the fifth day in a row. Without a quorum, the Senate can't take any action. Republicans say they're protesting a law that requires bill summaries to be written in a simple manner. Democrats say it's stall tactic to stop a vote on a reproductive health care bill. Senate President Rob Wagner says they'll continue meeting every day until there's a quorum. Under Oregon law, legislators with more than nine unexcused absences can't run again.