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Vote without having to stand infer line during normal working hours. so, i'm really excited that my colleagues have decided this was a fight worth fighting. and right now, we are still fighting it. >> and i'm curious about next steps. because at this point, isn't it virtually guaranteed that this bill is going to become law? >> so long as we go back. the quorum break is still on. they still don't have a quorum. they're upset about that. the house members are tweeting up set about that. that we allow them to continually abuse us and our contingency. >> there's still 20 days-ish left, and can yo...

President harris when we met with her after the first quorum break. this is the second time we've done this. we committed to her that we would buy more time for the federal government to act. between president biden, speaker pelosi and leader schumer that this will remain a priority. we know that a bill is going to be dropped in the near term. and then there will be a cloture bill, which will obviously fail for lack of ten republicans that will go along with even a modified version of for the people act. our goal was very, very clear. we were going to kill the bills in the texas legislative sp...

Are they spending as much time with you as they are on the boat? >> we're here on a work trip. we're focused on pushing voting rights legislation. i mentioned to you at the beginning of this quorum break that i'm doing my job. i swore a sacred oath in front of god and my constituents to up hold the constitution and not to uphold greg abbott's extreme political agenda. i may not be at my desk at the texas capitol but i'm doing a job that i swore an oath to do. >> you would not take my opportunity to insult those on the boat. i told you, you were not intended to be on tonight. you were doing you...

Rights in texas, georgia and across the country. >> my understanding is that some of your colleagues tested positive for covid here in washington. you did not. >> negative. all of our -- >> everybody here on hand for this interview. >> i just tested before i walked in here. >> what's happening there? is everybody staying safe, keeping safe? do we know how this happened? >> absolutely. all of our members in our delegation are fully vaccinated. the three members who tested positive are feeling well, not showing symptoms. you had dr. fauci on earlier, it's really important that folks get vaccinat...

As gop-led state lawmakers try to make it harder to vote. >> and in texas republican lawmakers are mounting another push for restrictive voting laws. and texas democrats are arguably trying to save democracy by walking out on it. diane gallon exagher has more. >> reporter: more than 50 texas statehouse democrats got on two private planes monday and flew to washington, d.c. the idea here is a quorum break, basically texas state rules require two-thirds of the legile legislative members to be there to take a vote. if democrats leave, they can't vote and that is the plan, to block a bill that the...