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Court as you know got involved earlier this week and overturned a lower courts decision and that allowed those civil arrest warrants to be issued. so almost immediately house members voted overwhelmingly to proceed, the 52 warrants represent all but 15 democrats in the lower chamber. weeks after they abandoned their posts in austin. >> members under the rules of the house is under a call, anyone who wishes to leave the hall must have the written permission of the speaker. >> a spokesperson for t...

The united states government as well as the state of texas on this issue. do you see this coming to a conclusion? what do you hope to get from that lawsuit? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me, lawrence, its great to be with a fellow texan. you know, this is of paramount importance to all texans, border communities, all the way to the high plains. we are going to do what we can at the land office and leverage every single legal avenue possible to secure our border. thats why i filed t...

I dont know what else texas democrats can do to get this thing past the finish line but i am confident that we have given it our all. and im going to my district. not to the floor. im going to hopefully stave off some of the issues that were having because our governor fails to lead as it relates to covid-19. >> the texas democrats who spent the last month breaking quorum in washington are taking the voting rights fight back home under the threat of arrest. the u.s. senate ajournaled without tak...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) has signed arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block the passage of a GOP-backed elections overhaul bill.

"People arent going to jail, but they got to come back to work," Republican state Rep. Mayes Middleton said.

It's just a matter of time now.

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Hauled no matter where we are and taken to a jail facility, but to the house floor chamber so we can make a quorum so they can ram down these voter suppression bills so they can get their legislative agenda accomplished. so that is, in essence, what it does. it allows law enforcement officers across the state of texas, it gives them jurisdiction over us, our bodies so that they can make us go to the house floor so that they can accomplish their goal of a quorum. >> do you want to be arrested? an...

So that vote took place at 4:00 a.m. so at this point in time, ive done what i said i would do. at this point in time we are handing the baton off. i do feel confident we have given it our all. im going to my district, not to the floor. im going to stave off the issues weve been having because our governor fails to lead as it relates to covid-19. >> its interesting theyre going to come get you but didnt travel to cancun for him in the middle of another kiesz. >> right. >> were going back. they o...

Controlled by republicans, overturned a democratic district court judges ruling that would have made it -- it would have blocked them from being able to arrest or serve these warrants on those members. now, this is not the first time that the republican members of the house have voted to send law enforcement after their democratic colleagues in an effort to force them to come to the house so they can have quorum and do legislative business. they did the same thing in july. the difference here is...