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State Rep. Leo Pacheco, D-San Antonio, will resign from the Texas House of Representatives to teach public administration at San Antonio College, the Express-News reports. Pacheco...

The republicans took none of the amendments in the hearing. they ran this thing through, starting with public testimony after midnight. people were starting up at 7:00 a.m., when the open signups for testimony. we dont have a lot of options. breaking quorum would be a sure way to kill the bill. other than that, im at a loss. it is hard to do. the governor will call another session after this, to get his way. what we need, the only thing that protects texans right now, for the long-term, is feder...

Get payed in august. its a difficult situation. >> that is all incredibly helpful context, so let me reframe the question, which is which tools do you have at your disposal still in order to fight back. >> well, were not a majority. thats a good question. were not in the majority so we dont have the power to vote this bill down. we keep hearing from some about bipartisanship. the republicans took none of our amendments last night during the hearing. again, they rammed this thing through starting...

Breaking quorum, just literally walking out so that there are not enough members present to conduct business. its a kind of break glass sort of move. its happened just four times in the long 175-year history of the texas legislature. in 1870, it happened when 13 texas senators walked out in protest of a militia bill. they were arrested by the governors forces. in 1979, a group of 12 senators hid from the statehouse for days to prevent a quorum on two bills related to primary elections. >> again ...

House floor to stop a vote on a controversial election security bill, law makesers breaking quorum in protest for the fourth time in state history. republicans are furious. >> looks to me like the democrats left the house floor and theyre neglecting their duty that they swore an oath to do. todd: democrats accuse republicans of trying to silence them. governor greg abbott said he will call for a special summer session to get that bill passed. jillian: the u.s. navy blue angel jets do not let a l...