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Oregon’s Senate Republicans*have left the statehouse. No, they’re not on vacation. They’re in hiding. All 11 have fled to prevent a vote on a sweeping cap-and-trade proposal, which the state House approved earlier this week and the Senate was expected to approve on Thursday. In a madcap game of hide and seek, Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat, ordered the state police to bring them back to Salem.
If approved, the bill would make Oregon the second state in the country with a cap-and-trade program. But the Senate needs to round up some of the missing senators to be able to hold a vote, and that might take a bit.
“I do not believe the state police will be able to find any of our members,” Tim Knopp, a Republican state senator,*told Oregon Public Broadcasting*as the Republicans reportedly scattered across several states on Thursday morning.
Brian Boquist, another Senate Republican, suggested on Wednesday that he might shoot any trooper sent to bring him back. “Send bachelors and come heavily armed,”*he said. “I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon.”
A*militia group*called*Oregon III%“vowed to provide security, transportation and refuge for those Senators in need” in*a Facebook post. “We will stand together with unwavering resolve, doing whatever it takes to keep these Senators safe.”
If approved, the bill would make Oregon the second state in the country with a cap-and-trade program. But the Senate needs to round up some of the missing senators to be able to hold a vote, and that might take a bit.
“I do not believe the state police will be able to find any of our members,” Tim Knopp, a Republican state senator,*told Oregon Public Broadcasting*as the Republicans reportedly scattered across several states on Thursday morning.
Brian Boquist, another Senate Republican, suggested on Wednesday that he might shoot any trooper sent to bring him back. “Send bachelors and come heavily armed,”*he said. “I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon.”
A*militia group*called*Oregon III%“vowed to provide security, transportation and refuge for those Senators in need” in*a Facebook post. “We will stand together with unwavering resolve, doing whatever it takes to keep these Senators safe.”
good question. They usually flood my topics about cops. They're suspiciously quiet in this one.
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