They're incorrigible. They've all skipped town to avoid having to do their job.

Oregon governor sends police to find missing Republicans, bring them to Capitol

Well ...

Democrats used similar tactic in 2011 in Wisconsin:
https://www.npr.org/2011/02/17...flee-to-prevent-vote

And again in 2003 in Texas:
https://www.texasstandard.org/...m-and-skipping-town/

It's a bipartisan thing. Best one can argue is one party does it for the right reason and the other party does it for the wrong reason.

It's despicable on both sides.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Suck it up and show up and do your job, and hope you have the votes the next time around.