body. why does dick durbin not want these types of stories to be told? i thought he believed in bodily autonomy after all. and the antidemocracy fight is raging on the state level too. when republicans in the texas state house advance legislation to safeguard future elections, among other things, the party supposedly dedicated to preserving democracy decided instead to cut and run to mommy and daddy in d.c. they are planning to leave the state until the session and spirits of the second session can last up to 30 days or a few days an end so they are going to washington, d.c., for three weeks where they hope to put a spotlight on this legislation as well as lobby for federal voting legislation because they think that is the end game. laura: no. state officials who believe federal intervention is the end game. forget texas voters who elected state representatives to actually do this thing called pass laws.