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Quorum has been reestablished? >> well, let me first make clear for the record that quorum has not lawfully been established. there werent a sufficient number of members on the floor, and they were probably 12 to 15 members shy of reaching the constitutionally required quorum. notwithstanding, they declared it and have proceeded with business, unlawfully and illegitimately. >> oh. >> yes, absolutely. absolutely. >> wait. i think we need to throw out the breaking news banners here. representative...

Locking republican attempts to interfere with and take over elections. joining us now is colin allred from texas, a voting rights and democratic state representative gina in a hotel. thank you for coming to the last word. let me start with you. what do you expect, with the republicans when you come back into session, now that warm has been established? let me first make clear for the record that quorum has not lawfully been established, has not legally been established and in fact what has happe...

On the floor of the texas house to try to push through their agenda and hold on to power at all costs. >> so then representative hinojosa, what recourse do you have? if this is being done unlawfully, cant you lawfully stop them? >> well -- we could be present to call for verification, but that would add to quorum, so its somewhat of a catch 22. verification would say, everyone has to sit in your desk and its a roll call. but you have to be seen on the floor of the house. and so -- but if there a...

I appreciate the members who made quorum today. its time to get back to the business of the people of texas. >> the civil arrest warrants issued for 52 house members have been canceled now that theyve reached a quorum. debate for voting rights is heating up in georgia. theyre setting up a panel in georgia that will review local election systems. the first order of business is a review of fulton county, democratic strong hold and the states most populus county. now some voting rights activists ...

All how we envisioned this coming to an end. you know, the people who went back to the floor, these are senior members, and what weve been talking about is integrity this whole time. what we saw happen on the floor when they returned was nothing but. it was just a complete fiasco, and without them calling the question to verify strict enforcement or actually ask for verification of the call because clearly there was not a quorum. if we are talking about counting votes and having integrity in ele...

>> oh, okay. way so -- i think we need to break drop the breaking news banner here. representative hinojosa, what youve just announced to us is that despite why texas republicans are saying, there is no quorum, no quorum has been met? they are 12 to 15 members shy of meeting a quorum? >> thats correct. they did not have the sufficient numbers present on the floor of the house to conduct business. they ignored that constitutional requirements. they declared quorum present and they have proceeded ...

Quorum they needed, its only a matter of days before the gop-controlled legislature will decimate voting rights in the lone star state. theyre following in the footsteps of republicans all across the country as well as the halls of congress who are trying to keep the path to the ballot box as white and as narrow as possible. in an effort to get something passed on capitol hill, congresswoman terri sewell passed the john lewis voting rights advancement act that would restore parts of the 1965 act...

Kind of hunker down and brace for what is to come tomorrow. >> all right. kathy park for us. thank you, kathy. good to see you. lets talk texas for a movement. after 38 days the quorum break that brought the texas legislature to a screeching halt has come to an end last night. three new democratic defectors joined colleagues on the floor. given the quorum, the major thin margin it needed to resume work on the restrictive voting rights is allowed to move forward. with me is texas representative...

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.

Margins in this second special session that had been called by republican governor greg abbott. tonight, three new democrats showed up on the house floor giving the texas house the quorum that it needs to conduct legislative business. those members issued a statement saying that they were proud of what they had accomplished. but citing the surge in covid-19 as the reason why they decided to come back. ill tell you, anderson, that their fellow democrats seemed pretty surprised by this decision, e...