Burrage Sees The Light, Says He'll Abstain

Claremore Senator Sean Burrage says he will abstain from future votes on a bill that declares that animal waste is not hazardous, the Tulsa World reports today.

Burrage, D-Claremore, got crossways last week with Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who's also a Democrat, after Burrage cast a vote for Senate Bill 703, which passed a Senate panel by a 7-1 vote. (Burrage also drew criticism from State Democratic Party Chair Lisa Pryor.)

Burrage's law firm represents Tyson Foods Inc., one of the poultry companies that Edmondson has sued, alleging that excess chicken litter spread as fertilizer is polluting eastern Oklahoma watersheds.

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