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Breaking quorum. still here with us, our friends don calloway and stewart stevens. don, there is a tough question to ask because people fear the answer. do you think texas democrats have had an impact on d.c. on their fellow democrats, and whats the real chance don that we are gonna see federal action on voting rights? >> there is a much higher chance we will see federal action on voting rights than there was at the texas democrats had they not done what they did. this is a sustained and politic...

Their party in congress to do the right thing and pass voting rights. they have managed to delay republican efforts to pass restrictive voting bills in their states going on months now. over the weekend, several of the democrats did return home to texas after a judge temporarily blocked their arrests upon arrival for breaking quorum. still here with us tonight, our friends don calloway and stuart stevens. don, this is a tough question to ask, because people fear the answer. do you think the texa...

The country. we have been threatened we will be corralled if we come back to texas and marshaled back to the house floor to make a forum. we know we havent broken any penal laws in the books. theres nothing illegal about what were doing. were simply using a tool that we have available to us to break quorum and an extraordinary measure to stop an extraordinary anti-democracy bill. so we hope that and we believe that today youre going to see great news from a court because we believe that were goi...

The pulsating heart of america, the ballot box. >> again, it looks like they are going to take a break before there is any federal legislation. now, the democrats not sharing their strategy but if you look at some of the factors here you can kinds of begin to figure out whats going on. yesterday, two of those who left were here as the new special session was gavelled in. they were on the floor. only 26 of the nearly 60 days ago in d.c. the rest not saying exactly where they will be right now. i ...

To meet monday, to discuss the next steps for a possible impeachment. and according to a new poll, support for the governor is slipping. approximately 70% of new voters say that he should step down. while 55% believed that he should be charged with a crime. guys, back to you. >> kathy park, thank you. hy park, tha>> have all members? a quorum is not present. [noise] >> with texas democrats still refusing to return to austin for a delayed special session of the state legislature, the question now...

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Not exceeding his authority, which we believe that were going to be vindicated when the court makes that ruling? >> representative martinez-fisher. can you talk to me about the plan as the new special session kicks off. what are you planning to do? >> sure, great question, alicia. first and foremost the new session was off to a start the second suppression session, there was no quorum. only 82 members of the house present. there were even a couple who probably were voted for that werent even the...

Washington. first thing we did was just run out the special session. deny quorum to texas republicans who were trying to push through anti-voter bills, anti-women health bills, anti-transchildren bills. we got a nice shout out from speaker pelosi, where she recognized we helped kickstart the discussions back here on capitol hill. and were really excited and happy about that, that progress that weve made. im still in washington, d.c. i know that the session starts today. there have been some covi...

They have is to keep a quorum from happening. how long they can maintain it is, i think, dicey. i think theyre going to keep pushing it. i mean greg abbott is in a race to be the worst possible governor in the country. and if the only one hes got competition with right now is governor desantis of florida, i think, its not only voting rights decisions and putting restrictions up. its preventing local jurisdictions and schools from requiring masks. its all the things about access to guns, creating...

Harder to cheat during an election. democrats are saying that it suppresses votes, especially black and latino voters here in the state of texas, and right now most of those democratic representatives have left and gone to washington where they feel like they can do more good for texas voters when it comes to the issue. >> we did not make quorum today at the capital in texas because we were not participate in the republican effort to restrict and limit the freedom of texans to vote. thats what i...