A GOP-backed voting bill is one step closer to becoming law after several Texas House Democrats returned to the state capital building on Thursday, ending a more than month-long boycott that brought the legislature to a halt.
"It s time we get back to work for the great state of Texas," Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan reportedly said after quorum was achieved on Thursday.
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