Texas GOP leaders extend funding for Legislature despite Abbott veto
Gov. Greg Abbott had hoped to use his veto of legislative funding as leverage to force Democrats to stay in Austin for a special session. That didn't work.
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Gov. Greg Abbott had hoped to use his veto of legislative funding as leverage to force Democrats to stay in Austin for a special session. That didn't work.
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1of7 The Texas state Capitol in Austin, on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Texas Democrats staged a last-minute walkout Saturday, May 29, 2021, to kill an elections bill that would have restricted voting statewide.MATTHEW BUSCH, STR / NYTShow MoreShow Less 2of7 Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas NAACP, left, shakes hands with State Rep. Ron Reynolds, D - Missouri City, after they spoke at a news conference against Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act, at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Sunday May 30, 2021.Jay Janner, MBR / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 3of7 State Rep....