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Texas House Democrats walk out, freezing Texas special session

Texas House Democrats walk out, freezing Texas special session Alex Castillo and last updated 2021-07-13 20:31:38-04 WACO, TX — Tuesday, July 13, representatives took their set in a partially empty house chamber. Without quorum, nothing can be done. Monday, July 12, Texas House Democrats flew to the nation s capitol in protest against the special session. 11 bills have the potential of being signed into law. Tuesday, Democrats took to Capitol Hill saying they left to protect democracy while Republicans took the house floor frustrated with their failure to show up. The Republican backed house bill would add stricter voting laws. This legislation comes after a hotly contention 2020 presidential election. The bill would mail mail-in ballots harder, ban drive-thru voting center, and limit the hours at the poll.

Local Lawmakers react after House Democrats flee to DC instead of attending Special Sessions

Local Lawmakers react after House Democrats flee to DC instead of attending Special Sessions Alex Castillo and last updated 2021-07-13 20:45:58-04 BRAZOS COUNTY, TX — The special session is in limbo tonight. The state senate is business as usual, while Republican lawmakers in the house have voted to arrest their Democratic counterparts who took off to DC. Texas Democrats in the house are so determined to stop a voting bill, which they say suppresses voter rights, that they went straight to the nation s capital to fight it. Republicans meanwhile say Democrats are turning their back on Texans. Tuesday was meant to be a day filled with House of Representatives voting on a variety of bills in Austin, but that plan was derailed when more than 50 of the Democrat representatives were missing.

Senate Republicans castigate absent Democrats for shirking duty, letting vote fraud and crime fester

Senate Republicans castigate absent Democrats for shirking duty, letting vote fraud and crime fester
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Grimes County teen helps designate official state gun of Texas

James Leman, the 15-year-old son of state representative Ben Leman, suggested that the Colt Walker .44 be named the official state gun. His dad was inspired to draft a resolution for this, which was recently passed.

Texas House Democrats end bill allowing Lost Creek to leave Austin

Using a parliamentary challenge as the Texas House was churning through legislation early Friday, Democrats sank a bill that would have allowed the Lost Creek neighborhood to leave Austin by holding a disannexation election later this year. The successful point of order about 1:40 a.m. came roughly 11 hours after a similar Democratic challenge halted a planned vote on Senate Bill 659, which would have let several hundred property owners along Lake Austin secede from Austin. When SB 1499 came up for a vote on Lost Creek s future, Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, was ready with her point of order but found Rep. Ben Leman, R-Anderson, occupying the back microphone to ask questions about the bill.

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