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In 2003, the last time Texas House Democrats left the state to break quorum, State Representative Garnet Coleman was leading the charge.

Would also get them to act. >> we will get them to act, that was texas state representative trey martinez fischer today addressing a rally, outside the capital urging the senate to pass the for the people act. the sweeping election bill is aimed at protecting voting rights and it remain stuck in the senate. martinez fischer is one of the legislators who fled to d.c. last month in a bid to deny the republicans the quorum that they need to pass that restrictive law. and todays rally in d.c., they ...

Washington, d.c. because just by chance if we came together we would not only get the senate to hear us, we would also get to me act. >> we will get them to act. that was texas state representative trey martinez fisher, today addressing a rally gathered outside the united states capitol urging congress to passion the for the people bill. the bill remains stuck in the senate. martinez-fisher is one of the democratic legislatures from texas who fled to d.c. last month in a bid to deny republicans ...

Our job was to rally the nation, and our job was to rally the nation and bring people to washington, d.c. because just by chance if we came together we would not only get the senate to hear us. we would also get them to act. >> we will get them to act. that was texas state representative trey martinez fisher, today addressing a rally gathered outside the capitol urging congress to pass the for the people bill. martinez-fisher is one of the democratic legislatures from texas who fled to d.c. last...

Around the president played a role, we will get to the bottom of that as well. >> meanwhile, i want to play something kevin mccarthy said about being subpoenaed himself. take a listen. >> the conferences position to fight any subpoena that may be issued against republican members, including yourself? >> i think if they had the five members that we, the republicans, want to put on there, wed gladly go. if this is just going to be a dccc, we see it as a sham. its not something thats serious. >> so...

All members of the u.s. senate that voting doesnt have to be a partisan issue. this is about the people of this country, not politicians, and we need to push to make sure everyone has access to fair elections. >> your governor greg an bot tweeted out, i will keep calling special sessions until we address every item including foster care, property tax, and the decision to break quorum to inflict harm on the very texans theyll lake effected to serve. your response. >> my response is the governor h...

This countrys history. are we going to fight for the right to vote? are we going to give up until we get it? no! were going to push through. were going to push through until we win this. hi again, everyone. it is 5:00 in the east. a four-day, 27-mile soundless-style march in texas culminating with a rally at texass state capital, all aimed at turning up the pressure on the u.s. congress to pass federal voting rights legislation that would counter the full-out assault by the gop on the right to...

Leading beyond. >> a member the narc action network who was only 24 was with us. i brought him to every meeting. they will be a part of leading this. andrea, as we were leaving we saw aoc and some of our progressive allies. we had to go and stand with those from texas, the democrats that had left texas and left it because it denied the texas legislature being able to have a quorum if they were not in the state and couldnt be brought there to the halls of that legislative body. and they had been ...

Go through that 60-vote threshold requirement and voting rights is something that doesnt need to be going through it either. >> congressman, good to see you. thank you for joining us. democratic congressman hank johnson of georgia. were moving over to texas where democratic state legislators have been calling out for federal intervention as republicans push to roll back voting rights. 57 texas democrats have been fighting their republican colleagues from afar in washington, d.c. after absenting ...

Last four or five weeks have incessantly been covering it because it has a national domino effect as well. this rally in austin, it is coming as the texas democrats, as you know, left their state. they are trying to block restrictive voting measures, but republicans have certainly been hammering away at them for leaving, including during a congressional hearing this week. do you, julian, have any concerns of the optics of lawmakers fleeing texas? do you think it might dilute the concerns of vote...