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they should "send bachelors and come heavily armed. I'm not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon."
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And that was the reply from Sen. Brian Boquist (R, Oregon)
Governor Kate Brown has been trying multiple times to force the passage of highly controversial HB-2020, a 'cap and trade' climate bill that will have devastating consequences to the businesses and residents of the state as it will essentially restrict everything from cars, trucks, and construction of new homes to the state's logging industry based on carbon emissions.
House GOP officials have walked out on the bill twice. Brown makes threat to use state police to arrest GOP members if they stage another walkout. Now she just signed the order into action. BREAKING.
they should "send bachelors and come heavily armed. I'm not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon."
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And that was the reply from Sen. Brian Boquist (R, Oregon)
Governor Kate Brown has been trying multiple times to force the passage of highly controversial HB-2020, a 'cap and trade' climate bill that will have devastating consequences to the businesses and residents of the state as it will essentially restrict everything from cars, trucks, and construction of new homes to the state's logging industry based on carbon emissions.
House GOP officials have walked out on the bill twice. Brown makes threat to use state police to arrest GOP members if they stage another walkout. Now she just signed the order into action. BREAKING.
Gov. Brown sends police to find walkout GOP senators: ‘They need to return and do the jobs they were elected to do’
Senate Republicans walked out in protest over a cap-and-trade bill that pushes Oregonians to lower pollution by ditching fossil fuel engines.
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