AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington,
Some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., to deny the state House a quorum dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul.
The return of a handful of Democratic lawmakers abruptly and messily drew to a close one of the few and lengthiest quorum breaks in modern Texas history.
For the first time since July, the Texas House had a quorum on Thursday, after a few Democrats returned from their stay in Washington. Democratic members had left the state to.