OREGON DEMOCRATS RALLY BEHIND CAP-AND-TRADE EMISSIONS PLAN"It would have been historic for Oregon, historic for the country, and frankly historic for the world," Brown said at a press conference on Thursday. "Unfortunately Senate Republicans failed to show up and failed to do their jobs." The Senate Republicans have decided to abandon their duty to serve their constituents and walk out," Brown said. The Oregon State Police said it's using "established relationships to have polite communication with these senators" in order to get them to resume the state legislative process. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPOregonian lawmakers aren't the first to flee the state Senate in order to stymie a vote with an insufficient quorum.

Source: Fox News June 21, 2019 00:36 UTC