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Democrats opposed the legislation because they say it will make it more difficult for some to vote.

We might be watching some of that unfold in real-time as the texas house is about almost an hour late to coming back from recess. they had to pause. and they went in to recess in this committee hearing on that election bill so all members could go to the floor. we have been waiting for an hour for them to have enough members on the floor to gavel back in. now, again, they can only delay this for so long. democrats were there at that committee hearing asking questions and attempting to talk about...

America. >> what does it look like to you at this point? how do you move forward? what are you going to do? >> well, were going to continue to hold the line and were going to boycott the special session. there are still matters that are on that call that are very harmful to texans besides that election bill. we saw them move quickly. in fact, they tried to have a hearing on the same day that they had their so-called quorum. so we know that theyre not interested in hearing from texans. so were go...

With funding to combat climate change, paid medical and family leave. expanding the child tax credit. among other social policy issues that the biden administration has promised to try to pass this congress. and this matters because pelosi only has three votes she can lose in the house, with these proposals. and these are nine house moderate democrats that are threatening to withhold their vote on this bill. so, if they dont vote for this, if they dont vote for this budget resolution this bill d...

A filibuster is still underway in the Texas Senate Thursday morning.

Jailed? where does this go next. >> brian: did he say it happens all the time? listen, its a private jet, they take some beer, they get covid-19, come not meet with the president, they did not accomplish anything they want. they went to portugal, trickle back and show up on monday, does a raging problem at the border, covid-19 and the state, and they are smiling on a private jet thanks to beto orourke who likes to stand on counters. spilling on the election bill, have they, greg, where does this...

The aisle from our republican partners. >> so i want to ask you about the -- that you represent austin in just a minute. but sticking with the fact that you want to work more with your republican colleagues. is there any indication that the will is there? are you hearing anything? have you reached out to any of them personally perhaps with whom you have a relationship to try to move that forward? >> so far were not hearing that. honestly, we have pair tight elections already, we dont need an ele...

Jillian: unbelievable. almost two dozen run away texas democrats are suing governor greg abbott for causing anxiety and distress over the separation from their families. the group claims the efforts to bring them home for a special legislative session infringes on their constitutional rights. abbott called for the arrest of the democrats who fled to washington, d.c. to block an election bill. the lawsuit names texas house speaker and a state representative, james white as defendants. todd: im so...

Present for quorum to be reached. that means 51 members cannot be absent. democrats used that to their advantage not once but twice this year killing an election bill that had voting restrictions in it during regular session in final hours of regular session and again for almost a full duration of the first special session by going to washington, d.c. and meeting with lawmakers there in attempt to have them push the federal voting rights protections over the finish line. texas lawmakers said loo...

Yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ breaking news out of texas. another special session just it did not meet quorum without democrats. republicans want to eye dress a controversial election bill. nbcs jay gray is live in austin. jay, what does the process look like now without quorum? what happens next? >> reporter: yeah, joe, what happens right now is the waiting game continues. as you talked about, they gavelled in the second speci...