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and we're back with our national lead. a surprising moment in the texas statehouse where two republican lawmakers crossed party lines to vote with democrats to advance a bill to the floor of the legislature that would raise the minimum age to buy semiautomatic weapons called assault-style weapons from age 18 to age 21, the age for handgun purchases but not for semiautomatic. >> the motion carries. >> a small measure, but significant perhaps. the bill can now move to the fullhouse. there is no guarantee, of course, that the republican-controlled legislature will even allow a vote on the matter. with me now is the vice chair of the select committee of