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Oregon Climate Bill Dies After Rogue GOP Lawmakers Flee Capitol with Support of Right-Wing Militias
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:59:00
Publish Date: 2019-06-26 07:00:00
Description: Less than a week after Republican lawmakers in Oregon fled the Capitol to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill, Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they did not have enough votes to pass the legislation. The news came after right-wing militias threatened violence in support of the rogue GOP legislators, causing a brief shutdown in the state Capitol in Salem. We spoke to Oregon Democratic state Representative Karin Power before the news about the bill broke Tuesday.
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