Posted on 06/27/2019 3:23:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Loggers, truckers and other opponents of a cap-and-trade bill in the Oregon legislature rallied on the steps of the state capitol in Salem Thursday as the deadline for its potential passage neared.
Critics say the bill — aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions by auctioning off pollution allowances for carbon — would harm rural industries in Oregon such as logging and farming. It has been on hold since Republicans walked out of the Senate on June 20 and fled the state to deny the chamber’s Demoratic supermajority quorum to vote on the bill.
“We want to support the 11 senators who took the courageous step to shut this thing down and give people time to think,” logger Jon Golly told KPTV. “This bill affects everyone. It’s not just the timber industry. The price of goods and services all go up when you start raising the price of fuel.” […]
Democrats in the Senate announced Tuesday that the cap-and-trade bill didn’t have enough Democratic votes to pass anymore, but Republicans said Wednesday they need a further guarantee Democrats would not still try to push the bill if they returned. However, the longer Republicans stay out of the state, the less time the senators will have to consider the rest of the more than 100 bills left on their agenda, including important ones relating to budget matters. …
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The carbon footprint on Kate Brown’s ass is gonna be huge.
Yellow Vests coming home to roost.
All for the sake of a "science" based on 20+ models not one of which has ever predicted a single year of "climate" correctly.
#FakeScience
Elect Dictators and you get a Dictatorship
Another one I heard was, “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.”
More than a few posters here decried the Republicans for leaving the state to stop this. .
Thank God they did leave
Another state(Washington being one also) being screwed by their western elites. Oregon and Washington have to many city dwelling tree huggars.
[[[aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions by auctioning off pollution allowances for carbon ]]]
Another money making scam.(tax)
We’re back to the middle ages selling indulgences.
Will Oregon please stop electing morons who will make it seem like California North? I would love to see a red/blue map of Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts...
More than anything, it is the corruption that gets them elected, not people voting them in.
Oregon has one of the most corrupt election setups in the world. Vote by mail is legalized cheating.
Public employee unions and teachers are huge corruption supporters. They pretty much outnumber us 80)
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