GOP Lawmakers Flee Oregon To Kill A Costly Carbon Tax Bill

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Climate Change Dispatch by Chris White on Feb 25, 2020

Republican lawmakers in Oregon are fleeing for Idaho in an attempt to torpedo Democrats’ attempts to pass a climate bill that conservatives in the state believe will hollow out rural parts of the state.

Eleven GOP lawmakers walked out of the state capitol, preventing the majority party from reaching a quorum on a cap-and-trade bill, The Washington Post reported Monday night.

Republicans say making tracks for another state was one of their only options.

Republicans employed a similar tactic in 2019 when they walked out in June to prevent a quorum in protest against HB 2020, a cap-and-trade climate bill.

They stayed away even after Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, authorized Oregon State Police to return the lawmakers to Salem.

More: https://climatechangedispatch.com/gop-oregon-kill-carbon-tax-bill/

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Oregon State Senate Republicans walkout again to stop climate ‘Cap and Trade’ bill

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The Daily Sheeple |  Sean Walton
Published on February 25, 2020
 

On Monday, the Oregon Senate was scheduled to convene at 11 a.m. to conduct business in the short legislative session. Of the twelve Republican senators, eleven failed to attend, denying quorum and grinding the business of the Senate to a halt. Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertschiger (R-Grants Pass) blasted the President of the Senate for rigging the vote to move the bill out of the Ways and Means Committee for a vote on the floor.

This marks the third time in less than a year that Senate Republicans have blocked priority legislation of the Democrats by denying quorum. Oregon’s Democrats enjoy an 18-12 supermajority in the chamber (and a 38-22 supermajority in the House). Last summer, the Republicans walked out twice, once to block severe gun-control bills and a greatly expanded vaccine mandate, and again to block cap and trade.

https://www.thedailysheeple.com/oregon-state-senate-republicans-walkout-again-to-stop-climate-cap-and-trade-bill/

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