A tale of two capital cities: Texas Democrats continue fight for voting rights in Washington as Republicans push them to return Texas Tribune Published: Updated: July 28, 2021 5:35 pm State Rep. Cecil Bell Jr, R-Magnolia, sits on the House floor on July 19, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Outside of the Texas House chamber, state Rep. Briscoe Cain is setting traps for Democrats. The first was a case of Miller Lite placed under a brown shipping box propped open with a stick, a nod to the now-viral photograph of House Democrats smiling on a bus with a 12-pack visible in one of the seats as they left the state earlier this month to prevent passage of a GOP election bill at the Texas Legislature.