Anonymous ID: 407889 Feb. 25, 2020, 11:46 a.m. No.8245631   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5659 >>5745

Eyes on anons. There isn't much in the media about this.

 

GOP lawmakers walk out after Oregon climate bill advances

February 24, 2020

 

SALEM, Ore. (AP) โ€” Republican senators slipped out of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, preventing the state Senate from convening in an attempt to doom a bill aimed at stemming global warming.

 

The walkout was a repeat of action the GOP took last year to kill similar climate change legislation, a maneuver that prompted threats of having state police forcibly return lawmakers to the Statehouse.

 

The walkout threatens to derail the main legislation that Democrats had hoped to pass during a 35-day session: A bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions that threaten the planet.

 

Democratic Gov. Kate Brown accused the Republican lawmakers of โ€œbeing against the Democratic process." The minority Republicans staged two walkouts last year, leading Senate President Peter Courtney to request Brown to order the state police to bring the missing lawmakers back. This time, though, Courtney said he won't involve the state police.

 

A few large trucks supporting the Republicans drove around the Oregon State Capitol, blowing their horns. After Courtney announced on the Senate floor that not enough senators were present to convene Monday's session, several people in an upper gallery clapped. Courtney said he would order police to expel them if they persisted.

 

A visibly angry Brown denounced the boycott as undemocratic.

 

  • https://news.yahoo.com/gop-lawmakers-walkout-oregon-climate-190156595.html