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>> and meantime it is ending up in the hospitals. front leanline workers with peo coming to the e rflrs and not eh beds. now to texas. house democrats ended a 38 day walkout to temporarily block a measure on voting rights. at least three democrats returned to the floor thursday. the texas house now has the required two-thirds of members necessary for a quorum. a public hearing on the voting bill has been set for saturday. on tuesday the texas supreme court ruled that the statehouse could compe...

Still trying to work that strategy as of tonight, but a handful of them had decided to return over the last few days, and today three more house democrats all from houston broke ranks and went back, and that was apparently enough to restore the quorum. once they got the quorum back after gaveling in, they voted. the democrats as weve been reporting, they tried to stop the anti-voting rights bill in the texas senate with a 15-hour talking filibuster, but after she made it through that, republican...

Force? and by not letting them vote. by disenfranchising 85% of the population and then they could do whatever they wanted. they could be as corrupt, as venal, as criminal as they wanted because who cares? no one could get rid of them. they were a permanent fixture in government. thats texas, at this point. at this point, they now have a quorum. republicans now have a quorum because they have gerrymandered themselves into power there in the legislature. so do you expect -- um -- mr. mayor, that ...

In texas as well as all across this country. for them, the bill presented by their gop colleagues was not something to take lightly. to them democracy was on the line. the bill takes aim at practices like 24-hour and drive-through voting, initiatives implemented last year in harris county. harris county is texass largest county and one that leans heavily democratic. those initiatives led to the states record voter turnout in the 2020 election. in a statement explaining their decision, the three ...

All members will please register. the clerk will ring the bell. [ ringing bell ] >> a quorum is present. >> a quorum is present. that bang of the comically enormous gavel in the texas state house this evening marked the sudden end of the texas democrats effort to stop the republican-controlled legislature in texas from passing a bill that will make it much harder for people to vote in upcoming elections. their tactic to try to stop republicans from doing this is they left the capital so there co...

Three houston democrats broke rank to attend the ledge slay -- legislative session. in a joint statement they said, quote, we took the fight for voting rights to washington d.c. and brought national attention to the partisan push in our state to weaken ballot access. now we continue the fight on the floor. there were 99 representatives present yesterday with 49 absences. just one more absence and they would not have reached a quorum. a few other democrats have returned to the house floor against...

Texas to vote in upcoming elections. the tactic to try to stop republicans from doing this, it was that they left the capitol so that there couldnt be a quorum in the texas house. the texas house couldnt pass anything. most of the house democrats were still holding out, still trying to work that strategy as of tonight. but a handful of them had to return over the last few days. today, three more house democrats, all from houston, broke ranks and went back and that was apparently enough to restor...

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Slammed mexicos yucatan peninsula with heavy rain and wind before being downgraded to a tropical storm. its expected to hit mainland mexico later today. meanwhile enry is. the texas state house is back in business. lawmakers set to meet for a hearing tomorrow election reform bill. reach a quorum now that enough democrats have returned to the state. more than 5050 fled to d.c. in an effort to stop passage of the bill. many democrats still remain out of state. bank of america and lowes urging to w...

Business, really all legislative business in the chamber. national correspondent diane gallagher joins us. good morning. you have been on the story since they fled and covering this legislation far before that. the month long hold out prompted the house speaker to sign arrest warrants for the 52 house democrats who fled the state. now three at least are back on the floor. what does this all mean for them and much more importantly this bill? >> reporter: yeah, and so, poppy, jim, those 52 civil a...