The Oregon Legislature has a number of fiscal challenges they will have to face in 2017, but it does not appear likely many steps can be taken during the short session of 2016. 59th District State Representative John Huffman, who serves on the Ways and Means Committee, says there is the potential for a two billion dollar hole in the next biennium’s budget. He believes the only way to deal with it is to start prioritizing the state budget. The recent state economic forecast showed a slight uptick in revenue.