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State Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, D-Gresham, addresses a crowd at a Memorial Day event.
Cap and trade: Some in her party
accused Monnes Anderson of telling
all sides what they wanted to hear
a political maneuver to stop
the legislation.
show the company shifted
That morning, at 9:43 a.m.,
its requests as the governor’s
Monnes Anderson emailed an
offi ce tried to placate Boeing
advocate for Renew Oregon,
— and Monnes Anderson.
an advocacy group lobbying
Rich White, Boeing’s
for the bill, as she had most
government relations man-
weeks.
ager, identifi ed in a June
“I hope to support this bill
email that the company’s
if it comes to the fl oor,” she
concern with House Bill
wrote.
2020 was that its indus-
Seventeen minutes later,
trial classifi cation wasn’t
Courtney walked into the
included in the bill. Add-
Senate and surprised his col-
ing the code assured Boeing
leagues by announcing the
it would be included in the
votes weren’t there. He didn’t
program, therefore receiving
explain.
benefi ts to lessen the blow
Monnes
Anderson’s
of cap and trade. Blosser
actions stirred accusations that
agreed to add it.
she was bought by Boeing,
The next day, Boeing’s
but campaign records showed
lobbyist emailed Blosser,
the company had been a rela-
saying that including the
tively minor donor. There was
code wasn’t enough to get
talk of challenging her in the
the company on board. The
2020 election, but Monnes
company now insisted that
Anderson said she doesn’t
other amendments pro-
plan to seek re election.
posed by industry allies be
Some in her party accused
adopted.
her of telling all sides what
The amendments Boeing
they wanted to hear.
asked for would have gut-
“That’s what they say,
ted the program and went
but I was open,” she said. “I
far beyond Boeing’s initial
was very open about what I
focus on energy costs.
needed. I get blamed for a lot
The change left Blosser
of stuff but that doesn’t bother
befuddled.
me.”
“Are you saying now
Monnes Anderson said
that you don’t want the Boe-
she repeatedly made her con-
ing NAICS code added to
cerns known to Sen. Michael
the bill through amend-
Dembrow, D-Portland, a chief
ment -110? Your lobbyist,
architect of the bill. Dembrow
JL Wilson, seems to be say-
recalled one formal meeting
ing that,” Blosser wrote to
that lasted about 10 minutes,
White.
but a handful of conversa-
White
and
Blosser
tions conducted on the Sen-
declined to comment.
ate fl oor or in hallways. She
About that time, Monnes
never directly told him how
Anderson met with Paige
she would vote, just that she
Spence, an Oregon League
wouldn’t support an unfair
of Conservation Voters
bill.
lobbyist.
Dembrow and Spence
The
senator
reiter-
believe Boeing was being
ated what she had said for
less than forthcoming in the
months, though she never
process, and was working to
wanted to discuss the policy
make the bill softer on indus-
in detail, and didn’t under-
try overall, not just better for
stand it, Spence
itself.
said.
“If Boeing used
‘I THINK THE INDUSTRY
“She always
renewable energy,
said she was going
they wouldn’t be
FOLKS FOUND HER
to be a ‘yes,’”
affected by the bill
Spence said.
at all,” Dembrow
EASY TO PICK OFF,
In the ver-
said.
KNOWING SHE HADN’T
sion that went to
Boeing’s media
the House for a
director,
Paul Berg-
REALLY DIVED IN.
vote, Boeing got
man, declined to
its classifi cation
be
interviewed
I THINK THERE IS A
amendment and
and didn’t respond
REASON SHE WAS
nothing more.
to a list of written
By then, the
questions.
TARGETED.’
governor’s offi ce
Spence
said
Paige Spence | Oregon League
understood that
she believes Boe-
of Conservation Voters lobbyist
Monnes Anderson
ing used Monnes
had emerged as a
Anderson to tank
pivotal vote in the
the bill.
Senate.
She also met with Rep.
“I think the industry folks
The day the measure Karin Power, D-Milwaukie, found her easy to pick off,
passed the House, the who championed the bill for knowing she hadn’t really
Gresham senator met in her House Democrats. In that dived in,” Spence said. “I
offi ce with Blosser to nego- meeting, House Speaker Tina think there is a reason she was
tiate what it would take to Kotek participated via phone, targeted.”
get her to vote yes. They met but none were able to per-
On June 29, Monnes
again the next morning and suade her to commit to sup- Anderson sent an email
then that afternoon.
porting the legislation.
explaining her dissent to the
“I kind of stuck in my heels news media and constituents.
Industry pressure
and said, ‘T his is not fair,’” It was a more detailed attack
Opponents to the leg- Monnes Anderson said.
of HB 2020 than Monnes
islation also recognized
Monnes Anderson fi nally Anderson had ever given,
that Monnes Anderson had went for a private talk with leading some to believe Jil-
become key to killing cap Courtney. There, she said, she lions wrote it.
and trade. On the same after- told the Senate president that
Monnes Anderson said
noon she met with Blosser, she would vote against House that wasn’t true. The senator
Monnes Anderson also Bill 2020.
said she did have help drafting
met with industry lobbyists
Courtney had lost his cru- the explanation from Jennifer
Shaun Jillions, Paul Cos- cial 16th vote, but few knew Dresler, a lobbyist for several
grove and Kevin Campbell. it.
industrial organizations that
The two Democratic sena-
would be impacted by cap
Key day
tors already committed to
and trade.
June 25 was a key day
voting “no” — Johnson and
The Oregon Capital
in the bill’s fate. By then, 11 Bureau is a collaboration
Roblan — sat in as well.
Jillions, a business lobby- Republican senators had left between EO Media Group,
ist who heads Oregon Man- the state, blocking Senate Pamplin Media Group and
ufacturing and Commerce, action in what they hoped was Salem Reporter.
Continued from Page A2
led industry opposition to
the bill and he focused on
Monnes Anderson when he
heard she was on the fence.
The senator said she
found the industry pressure
off-putting.
“I just wanted to be sep-
arate from that group,”
she said of Jillions and his
industry associates. Monnes
Anderson only recalled one
such meeting, but Jillions
said they were weekly in
June.
Jillions said Monnes
Anderson was one of fi ve
moderate Democrats in the
Senate, along with eight
in the House, he had been
working for months. The
notion that he suddenly
turned her against cap and
trade is wrong, he said.
“Of course it’s ‘Shaun
Jillions uses misinformation
to get one senator,’ and that’s
simply not true,” he said.
“We had targeted her from
the beginning. I wouldn’t
say there was a shining light
moment.”
Monnes Anderson met
with Brown’s staff again
over the next two days, but
her concerns about Boeing
remained. Boeing stayed in
close touch, with its gov-
ernment relations manager
checking in with Monnes
Anderson by phone .
She said she never told
Boeing directly how she
would vote.
During
this
period,
Monnes Anderson also met
with environmental groups,
Senate Majority Leader
Ginny Burdick, D-Portland,
and Courtney. She said since
she was negotiating with
Blosser, she never told Bur-
dick and Courtney that she
was a hard “no” and they
never pressured her to sup-
port the policy.
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