By Maria Recio Special to American-Statesman The lawmakers arrived on chartered jets paid for by the House Democratic Caucus. Texas lawmakers plan to push Congress on the For the People Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Furious Texas Republicans call the stunt a "taxpayer-funded vacation." DULLES, Virginia — More than 50 Texas House Democrats arrived at the Dulles International Airport on Monday evening, leaving the state in a gambit to deny Republicans a quorum and thus prevent a vote Democrats say curbs voting rights. Their only weapon, they say in the GOP-controlled Legislature, is to remove themselves and force gridlock. It is the second time this summer that Texas Democrats have resorted to this tactic — avoiding the House chamber — but this time they fled the state, not just the state Capitol building, arriving in Washington in style by two private jets.