After lengthy debate Sunday night, Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives successfully prevented a controversial Republican-backed elections bill from moving forward, for now. Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Austin on Sunday night. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — In an eleventh-hour maneuver, all Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives walked off the floor Sunday night with just over an hour left in the legislative session and before a Republican-backed voting reform bill came up for a final vote.