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business, really all legislative business in the chamber. national correspondent diane gallagher joins us. good morning. you have been on the story since they fled and covering this legislation far before that. the month long hold out prompted the house speaker to sign arrest warrants for the 52 house democrats who fled the state. now three at least are back on the floor. what does this all mean for them and much more importantly this bill? reporter: yeah, and so, poppy, jim, those 52 civil arrest warrants are now cancelled even though it was just those three additional democrats who showed up on the floor last night. the statehouse just barely made quorum. they got the exact number they needed with those three new democrats. some had already come back after they returned from their trip to washington, d.c., but this had been this group holdout, because this truly is the only option that the democrats have to prevent some sort of legislation that will overhaul elections from eventual
for this bill, 10 republicans are also going to have to come along. now, what could stop it? there are always snags, if you will. one of those snags, of course, is the price tag. a very huge price tag. the congressional budget office indicating that almost $260 billion in deficit spending will occur over the next ten years if this bill finally passes. today, though, it s the procedural vote, and we ll wait and see what happens. back to you. joe johns, we appreciate the update so much. thank you. so texas democrats fighting to block a restrictive voting law are declaring victory this morning. the win may not last for long. democrats left the state to keep republicans from passing the bill. the special session of the legislature ended at midnight. yeah, but texas governor greg abbott has called a new special session to begin today, and that creates a dilemma for democrats. do they stay away or return to texas? national correspondent diane
some are headed back to the capitol. whether they ll show up is a different story. republicans are confident they ll reach it this session. governor abbott can call as many special sessions as he wants. christi, boris? diane gallagher, thank you so much for that. still ahead, more bad news for some travelers expecting to catch a spirit airlines flight today. at least 160 of their flights just canceled. more details ahead.