passage of a republican bill that would have implemented tough new voting restrictions. texas is the latest battleground over voting rights in america. democrats there actually now pleading with president biden and with congress to step up and act. ed, where do thing stand right now? >> well, right now lawmakers are waiting to see what governor greg abbott is going to announce. a special tsession to come back and hammer out this voting bill. that was essentially stopped the very last hoursst legislative session by democrats on sunday night. burt the governor here says that he's going to bring lawmakers back in a special session. but it's the timing of this that is unclear at this point, kate. the legislature also has to hammer out the redistricting process because state is -- the state is getting two new congressional seats as well. so the question becomes does the