Vice: Runaway Senators

How Oregon Republican Senators Killed a Bill by Running Away from the Police

A climate change bill was pronounced dead in Oregon Tuesday, without anybody ever voting on it. Last Thursday, the Oregon Senate was supposed to vote on HB 2020, a bill aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Republicans opposed the bill, but they were outnumbered on the floor. Even if each of them voted against it, it would almost certainly pass. So instead of voting on the bill, they fled the state.

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Producer: Myles Andrews-Duve
Reporting:Dexter Thomas
Cinematography: Zachary Rockwood, Jessey Dearing

This segment originally aired June 25, 2019 on VICE News Tonight on HBO.