republicans that quorum needed to vote on the legislation. here s the republican speaker of the texas house last night. a quorum is apparently not present. it s distinct. the legislation democrats locked last night senate bill seven would add new restrictions on absentee voting, give more authority to partisan poll watchers, ban early voting on sunday morning switches when many black churches encourages souls to the polls after sunday morning services. the bill would also reduce evidence requirements for overturning an election, ban drive-through voting and ban 24-hour voting which was used for the first time in 2020 in harris county. home to a growing number of democratic voters. the republican governor of texas who is up for re-election next year, has said he will call a special session to get the bill passed. joining us now is ali
of the texas house last night. a quorum is apparently not present. the point of order is well taken and succinct. the legislation democrats blocked last night senate bill 7 would add new restrictions on absentee voting, give more authority to partisan poll watchers, ban early voting on sunday mornings which is when many black churches encourage souls to the polls after sunday morning services and the bill would reduce evidence requirements for overturning an election, ban drive-thru voting and ban 24-hour voting which was used for the first time in 2020 in harris county, home to a growing number of democratic voters. the republican governor of texas greg abbott who is up for re-election next year has said he would call a special session to get the bill passed. joining us now, nbc political correspondent ali vitali.
before a midnight voting deadline which denied republicans the quorum they needed to vote on the legislation. the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, up for re-election next year said he will call a special session to get the bill passed. legislation democrats blocked, senate bill seven, would add new restrictions on absentee voting, give more authority to partisan poll watchers, ban early voting on sunday mornings when many black churches encourage souls to the polls after sunday morning services. bill would also reduce evidence requirements for overturning an election. ban drive-through voting and 24-hour voting which was used for the first time in 2020 in harris county, home to growing number of democratic voters. after they blocked the bill,
somebody was for you. two, why are we televising this? voters don t care, especially independent voters and swing voters, who both democrats and republicans need in the general election. three, it is such a distraction for the more than 200 pieces of legislation democrats have put forth into the senate that have stalled. that s what democrats should be focusing on and bring into the mind-set of the american voters. melissa: but they were the ones that said they would impeach, they sat there and promise that. they had to look like they were at least trying, right, harris? harris: they can look like they are trying but they can t change the fact that there are some of the party know who are starting to question the strategy of this. it s a lot of, as you say, wasted capital and energy away from other things. but it s also wasted capital and energy against getting somebody into the white house that is wearing blue. i m a little confused. they don t even talk about the 2020 democratic
in this democrat majority has found a problem it made a solution to. there was a poll done with democrats. democrats can name the investigation but can t name legislation democrats passed. the democratic debate last week, did you watch it? it was no mention at all of the economy. so many of them were talking about a recession so what are they doing to push back on recessionary climate here and there was no mention about it. talking impeachment. this economy is our strongest economy in years. one reason we didn t talk about it, they haven t done anything to achieve it. when we passed tax reform not one democrat voted for it. the administration brought common sense regulation they fought back on it. here s an economy, in the last 13 months the hourly wage went up 3%.