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Which is more closely divided than the state senate on a mart san basis, it ran into a series of points of order, and then finally democrats left and denied a quorum, which meant there werent enough members present to passn the bill. the session expired, and so democracy was saves for a shorte period of time, but it was only a short period of time, because what will o likely happen next h theap governor will call a specl session. e governor will call a l session.

Is a special session that the governor calls, what tools will you have in your toolbox for that? >> well, i mean, thats always the governors decision, of course, how soon we will call us in for a special. it will his decision ultimately. our hope is that we can have a serious conversation about it, a second round, second go around. but again the tools that we have in our toolbox, procedural maneuvers such as point of orders, trying to kill it on one of those. another option is trying to run out ...

Representatives exactly doing their job, stopping something restrictive happening to their state? >> thats right, steph. no resolution inside and that walkout you mentioned, only the fourth time thats been used in texas state history. democrats here saying theyre going to do whatever it takes to make sure the current version of senate bill 7 does not go through. this is coming after they say they failed to have any sort of compromise at all with the republicans here. i am waiting to hear what de...

Its a witch hunt aimed at people of color. we are going back centuries. >> leading off our discussion this hour, democratic state representative jessica gonzalez, whose district includes parts of dallas. thank you very much for joining us tonight after your late night last night. when did you make this decision to walk out and deny a quorum? >> well, you know, these discussions began throughout the day, even a couple days before we knew this bill was going to get to the floor. of unclear when it...

To livestream their counting processes for the sake of transparency. there is a lot of misinformation. a lot of democrats not dealing with facts. >> harris: im glad you started there. i will ask my team to pop it on the wall. we had some of that already. early voting critics say makes it difficult to vote early. it required early voting for nine hours per day and when it comes to mail-in voting that is still allowed. there are just new restrictions on unsolicited applications. the fact versus th...

Was a bare knuckle procedure done over a holiday weekend and done in the middle of the night. to that you say what, sir? >> its correct. there were two parts to this, bill. the first part is the democrats are trying to just say you know what? if we dont like losing a vote well just leave. well break quorum. there arent enough people on the floor to bring a bill to the floor. senate bill 7 about election security and integrity. so they walk. in fact, bill, not only did they walk off the floor wit...

Whose district includes parts of dallas. thank you very much for joining us tonight after your late night last night. when did you make this decision to walk out and deny a quorum? >> well you know these discussions began you know throughout the day, even, you know, a couple days before we knew this this bill was going to get to the floor. it was it was unclear when it would actually get to the floor but republicans chose to put it on the 139th day of the 140th and so it was on the deadline. and...

Republicans that quorum needed to vote on the legislation. heres the republican speaker of the texas house last night. >> a quorum is apparently not present. its distinct. >> the legislation democrats locked last night senate bill seven would add new restrictions on absentee voting, give more authority to partisan poll watchers, ban early voting on sunday morning switches when many black churches encourages souls to the polls after sunday morning services. the bill would also reduce evidence req...

Always the governors decision of course. how soon you know he will call us in for a special and it will be his decision ultimately you know. our hope is that you know we can have a serious conversation about it you know their second round second go around but you know again, you know the tools that we have in our toolbox. you know, our procedural maneuvers such as point of orders trying to kill it on one of those. another option is you know trying to run out the clock. you know, meaning like, yo...

The battle over voting rights in texas escalating, with both republicans and democrats vowing not to back down. at issue, is a bill with some of the most restrictive limits on voting access, in the u.s. democrats blocked the measure, with a dramatic walkout from the texas house, late on sunday. >> am i seeing that we dont have a quorum? and essentially, it looks, to me, like the democrats left the house floor. >> republicans did not have enough lawmakers left to vote. n now, texas is part of a n...