thereafter. yes, i don t understand the end game here given that the governor can call them back. mike: are you expecting legal fights once those bills are passed basically challenging those new laws in court? is absolutely. they do every time we pass an election integrity bill. we fought redistricting for eight years, we won that. it typically is a wrong process, but there s nothing wrong with the legislature passing laws in texas, and they can t be undone by a few legislators who didn t like the way it turned out. mike: thanks so much for your time, sir. have a great day. mike: from gasoline to the grocery store, many of us are feeling the pinch of rising prices caused by inflation. our alex hogan has more. hi, alex. reporter: hi, mike. an alarming trend especially for those already pinching pennies. it means that you ll likely to have to pay even more for system of those favorites like lay s
welcome to fox news live, i am jon scott. three texas house democrats flew to washington d.c. in order to avoid voting on an election integrity bill tested positive for covid. remains of those infected have not been released by officials say they were fully vaccinated. president biden says the justice department plans to appeal a federal judge s ruling declaring doctor unlawful. the obama era program protected from deportation immigrant brought to the u.s. illegally as children. los angeles county indoor mask mandate to go into effect just before midnight tonight. the order comes amid a nationwide strike in new public cases. copies california bay area urging people to mask up but for now, they are not making it a requirement. i am jon scott, now back to life, liberty and within.
to bring his democratic coworkers home after the group avoided voting on an election integrity bill. republican writing in part, quote, i am demanded all our colleagues in dc to contact my staff immediately to secure their seat on the plane and return to do the state s business, the state of texas is waiting, they met with senator kirsten gillibrand and richard blumenthal on capitol hill yesterday. texas lawmakers writing on twitter, quote, we refuse to go back. carley: democratic congresswoman arrested at a senate office building protest. congressional black caucus chairwoman being taken away with her hands tied behind her back. she led the protest demanding passage of the for the people act, the group chanted fight for justice and end the filibuster. capital police confirmed 9 people were arrested for demonstrating a prohibited area. they compared the protest to those of civil rights icons.
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