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The members must be president to hold a vote, that s called the quorum and without a quorum all house business has to stop. so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement, enough of those texas democrats left the house when buying one and said they broke the quorum. with that walk out, back in may, texas democrats were able to block that bill. they were able to run out the clock on the legislative session in texas is the. in the legislative session ended at midnight, the restriction to vote and had passed the senate, but it did not pass the house. it could not be signed into law, they blocked it. that was what happened in may of this year. right away the republican governor of texas promised he would haul the legislature rate on back he said he would call a special legislative session, specifically so they could put their voter restriction bill back on the docket in this time they would get it to the governors desk so he could sign it. that is the session we re in ....