On Sunday evening, Texas House members on the left staged a democratic walkout a day before the closing of the 87th legislative session, which had been making significant progress on conservative priorities. The strategic move broke quorum to avoid passing Senate Bill 7, a piece of election procedure legislation that has garnered national attention. [More]
Guess what Democrats in Oregon do to Republicans who try that.
The TX Ds pulled a stunt like this in 2003, to bust redistricting.
ReplyDelete52 left town for parts here, there, and everywhere.
Then Gov. Perry called several special sessions and eventually a D came back to Austin, gave it up and insured quorum to pass the deal.
Abbott will call a special session, we'll see what happens next. I'd bet on a very watered down bill that will preserve the clearly illegal voting changes put in for 2020 particularly in Harris County.