The Oregon State Senate has 30 members and needs 20 or more members in attendance in order to have a quorum. There are 18 Democrats, 11 Republicans and one recently deceased. The Democrats want to pass legislation that would dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions by the year 2050; the Republicans think the matter is so profound that it needs to go to the citizens for a vote, which the Democrats are refusing to allow.
So, the 11 Republicans, saying that it's not right to cram this extreme legislation down the throats of citizens without their consent, walked out... leaving just the 18 Democrats without a quorum under which to vote. The Democrats have gone berserk. They've sent out a posse to round up the Republicans and force them to be present against their will. They've also started to fine each Republican $500 a day for refusing to be present.
Evidently, according to the fascist Democrats, the citizens don't have a right to vote on important issues affecting the State.
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