Republican senators slipped out of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, preventing the state
Senate from convening in an attempt to doom a bill aimed at stemming global warming.
The walkout was a repeat of action the GOP took last year to kill similar climate change legislation, a maneuver that prompted threats of having state
police forcibly return lawmakers to the Statehouse.
The walkout threatens to derail the main legislation that
Democrats had hoped to pass during a 35-day session: A bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions that threaten the planet.