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Get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly, without any fanfare, without any announcement, one by one, started leaving the house chamber.y there are 150 members of the house in texas according to the rules, at least two-thirds of the members. so a hundred must be present to hold a vote. that is called a quorum. without a quorum all house business has to stop. and so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement enough of those texas democrats left the house floor one by ...

To track them down. texas house speaker issued a statement saying, texas house use every available resource under the texas constitution and the unanimously passed house rules to secure a quorum to meaningfully debate and consider election integrity. >> the texas tribune reports, quote, even if democratic lawmakers stay for the next two weeks, the governor could continue to call 30 days sessions or add voting restrictions to the agenda. when the legislature takes on the redrawing of the states p...

Ive never seen a moment like that with a court reporter. but that -- she did heroic work, today, thats for sure. >> yeah. you have -- you have to push a court reporter, really hard, before they get to that point. >> yeah. yep. thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. well, texas house democrats are, in the words of a great texas lyricist, on the road, again. after blocking the republican-voting bill by staging a walkout in may, today, at least 58 democratic members of the texas ho...

When they return to the state of texas if the special session is still in session. i actually spoke with one of those republican house members moments before he walked inside and i asked him where his mind was at going into this and what exactly they can do in the house without a quorum? take a listen to what he had to say. >> i am not sure what we are walking into today, but i am confident my colleagues on the republican side will show up and we are ready to do whatever work we are able to do, ...

Wanted to pass. now, the governor has called state legislators back into a special session to deal with that and a other of issues like the border wall, transgender student sports and critical race theory. in a moment well have an exclusive interview with the governor of texas, greg abbott. first lets bring in casey siegel in ballas with a look at what all the fighting is about. >> reporter: good morning to you. the agenda is a mix of both unfinished business and a few new items but they are all...

Their jobs and businesses, away from their beloved texas. theyre likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure there is no quorum at home. like i said, they are literally facing arrest when they do go back to texas. and now six of these texas democrats have tested positive for covid in recent days. it was five when this "texas tribune" headline went up. its now six. they are just in the middle of the whirlwind right now in so many ways. again, we here at msn...

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