Texas Dem Lawmaker Downplays Arrest Threat, Stays Outside State to Fight Voting Bill newsweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
मंगलवार को रिपब्लिकन गवर्नर ग्रेग एबॉट ने लापता राजनेताओं को गिरफ्तारी की धमकी दी। उन्होंने कहा कि टेक्सास में जैसे ही वे वापस आएंगे उन्हें हिरासत में लिया जाएगा। उन्होंने स्थानीय टेलीविजन स्टेशन केवीयूई एबीसी के साथ एक साक्षात्कार में कहा, जब तक वे अपना काम पूरा नहीं कर लेते, तब तक उन्हें टेक्सास कैपिटल के अंदर रखा जाएगा। ऑस्टिन में, जहां टेक्सास स्टेट कैपिटल बैठता है, हाउस र
Texas House Speaker says he ll charter a plane back to Austin for Democrats who fled to Washington to stop Republicans passing election legislation
Dade Phelan, the Speaker of the House in Texas, will keep a charter plane on standby in Washington, DC on Saturday so Democrats can return home
Phelan on Wednesday demanded that the runaway Democrats forfeit their $221-a-day allowance
The 58 representatives and nine senators now in Washington are receiving a total of $14,807 per day
Chris Turner, one of the 58 representatives, said he expects most of his colleagues to turn down the cash when it is processed at the end of the month
Cal Thomas: There are lies, damn lies … and then there is Vice President Kamala Harris limaohio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from limaohio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Democracy Now! speak with two of the Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., to block suppressive new voting laws in their home state and who are calling on Congress to quickly pass legislation protecting voting rights. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott threatened them with arrest the moment they return to their state and said he would keep them in chamber in order to pass the new voting bills, but the fugitive lawmakers say they intend to stay in Washington for as long as necessary. We’re staying out, says Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat representing Dallas in the Texas House. We’re not going to be bullied and intimidated by anybody, including the governor or our colleagues, adds Trey Martinez Fischer, who represents San Antonio. We have a job to be the voice of our constituents.