badbobby Loc: texas

Oregon's Gov. Kate Brown (D.) instructed the state police Thursday afternoon to round up Republican state senators who fled the state capitol in anticipation of a v**e on cap-and-trade legislation they oppose.

"The Senate Democrats have requested the assistance of the Oregon State Police to bring back their colleagues to finish the work they committed to push forward for Oregonians," Brown said in a statement. "As the executive of the agency, I am authorizing the State Police to fulfill the Senate Democrats' request."

Democrats have an 18-member majority in the state Senate but need 20 of the 30 members present to have a quorum to v**e on legislation, hence their need for Republican members to be present to pass the legislation. The bill passed the state House earlier in the week with all Republicans and two Democrats v****g against it.

Reports indicate some Republican senators have left the state to avoid v****g on the legislation, which would raise utility costs and taxes on gasoline and diesel.


"Protesting cap-and-trade by walking out today represents our constituency and exactly how we should be doing our job," Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. said in a statement early Thursday morning defending his caucus's decision to protest the v**e.

"We have endured threats of arrest, fines, and pulling community project funds from the governor, Senate president, and majority leader. We will not stand by and be bullied by the majority party any longer," he added.

Earlier in the week, Baertschiger noted the legislation would disproportionately affect rural Oregonians who travel farther distances than their urban counterparts and generally operate less fuel-efficient vehicles than those in urban or suburban areas.

"It is fundamentally inequitable to put the responsibility of cleaning up their pollution on the backs of rural Oregonians," he said.

Socialism Sucks

And California gives free healthcare to i******s while Americans can't afford theirs. Demorats are a plague on American life

woodguru

badbobby Loc: texas

woody
thanks for response
but
while my post was factual
your post was inundated with political bru-ha-ha

bahmer

Good come back their badbobby your sparing with
the dastardly one makes you quick witted and sharp.

Big Kahuna

Kate Brown must be Jerry's sister. Both are bungling hypocrites and left wing kooks! As I recall, some years back, demorat congressmen left their state and could not be rounded up to cast a v**e. I don't think the FBI, CIA, the National Guard or the IRS, those groups corrupted by Ovommit, were ever called upon to shackle those demorat political d*****ts. I would propose that these law enforcement groups bang Kate's front door down, d**g her sorrowful a$$ out and start deportation to Venezuela where she can do the most harm.

rebob14

Illegal

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Didn't the D's do this to Scott Walker a few years back in WI?

bahmer

Yup they had all run down to Illinois at the time.

teabag09

I forget what State but does anyone remember when State demoncrats fled to I believe Minnesota to avoid a v**e? Mike

bahmer

It was Wisconsin Senators that fled to Illinois.