Republicans not doing their jobs
Jun. 20th, 2019 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrA few weeks ago, *all* the Republican state senators in Oregon walked out and stayed away to prevent the state senate from being able to vote on a bill. Without them, there wasn't a quorum, so nothing could be done by the senate.
Eventually a deal was reached and they came back. Part of the deal was that they wouldn't do that again.
This week they did it again. The governor being understandably upset, has ordered state troopers to bring them in to do the jobs they were elected to do.
One of the senators has said that they better send bachelors and be heavily armed. He's saying he won't be a "political prisoner". In other words, rather than submit to legal authority and do his *job* he's saying that he will resist with deadly force.
I'm sorry, they were elected to *be* in the senate when their is business to conduct. Deliberately avoiding it because they don't have enough votes to stop a bill is pretty much extortion.
I'll also note that this has happened before in other states. To the best of my knowledge, the governor has the law on her side. Legally, the state senators are in the wrong and can be compelled to be present.
It's been reported that they've left the state so the state troopers can't go after them.
Oh yeah, they are being fined $500/day. Like that's going to bother most of them.
And an online poll by a local TV station currently has votes 2 to 1 in *favor* of the Republicans doing this. I'm appalled at the people who don't "get" the idea that what these politicians are doing is wrong. They are *sabotaging* the system rather than working within it.
Eventually a deal was reached and they came back. Part of the deal was that they wouldn't do that again.
This week they did it again. The governor being understandably upset, has ordered state troopers to bring them in to do the jobs they were elected to do.
One of the senators has said that they better send bachelors and be heavily armed. He's saying he won't be a "political prisoner". In other words, rather than submit to legal authority and do his *job* he's saying that he will resist with deadly force.
I'm sorry, they were elected to *be* in the senate when their is business to conduct. Deliberately avoiding it because they don't have enough votes to stop a bill is pretty much extortion.
I'll also note that this has happened before in other states. To the best of my knowledge, the governor has the law on her side. Legally, the state senators are in the wrong and can be compelled to be present.
It's been reported that they've left the state so the state troopers can't go after them.
Oh yeah, they are being fined $500/day. Like that's going to bother most of them.
And an online poll by a local TV station currently has votes 2 to 1 in *favor* of the Republicans doing this. I'm appalled at the people who don't "get" the idea that what these politicians are doing is wrong. They are *sabotaging* the system rather than working within it.
