It’s been a long and winding road for HB 2020, a proposed state law in Oregon that aimed to cap greenhouse gas emissions and charge companies that pollute the air. Now the bill is dead, thanks to the state Democrats who couldn’t get enough votes to save this godforsaken planet.
to protest the bill outside the statehouse. And yet, Democrats—who make up 18 of the 30 state senate seats—could not cobble together the necessary 16 votes to pass the bill.
Some Democrats did blame their Republican colleagues for dragging the bill down with their drama. Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick told OPB she hoped the senators who walked out would be fined the requisite $500 per day. She had some harsh words for them: “I don’t know what to call it,” she said of Republicans’ walkout, their second since May. “I want to call it terrorism, because they are not doing their job and it has fractured the entire institution.”The bill would have been the second state in the country after California to pass the law, which also promised an investment in green economy and infrastructure.
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