get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly, without any fanfare, without any announcement, one by one, started leaving the house chamber.y there are 150 members of the house in texas according to the rules, at least two-thirds of the members. so a hundred must be present to hold a vote. that is called a quorum. without a quorum all house business has to stop. and so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement enough of those texas democrats left the house floor one by one that they broke the quorum. and with that walkout back in ot may, texas democrats were able to block that bill. they were able to run out the clock on the legislative session in texas this year. the legislative session ended that night at midnight. the republican bill to restrictl the right to vote in the state of texas, yes, it passed the senate, but did not pass the house. it could not be signed into laws