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Gov. Greg Abbott Abbott was so angry that House Democrats were able to block the passage of Senate Bill 7 — the controversial election reforms Republicans tried to push through following former President Donald Trump’s unfounded voter fraud claims — that he vowed Monday afternoon to use his veto power over the...
Instead of enjoying Memorial Day weekend, Texas lawmakers have been working through the night in a sprint to push forward several big-ticket bills before the legally-mandated closing time of the 2021 legislative session at 11:59 p.m. Monday. Most notably, the Republican-majority Legislature is still on track to...
This was an eight-hour debate on saturday night into early sunday morning. i had no way to keep my computer powered up. so i would occasionally have to step out just to be able to power things up so i could continue to tweet and let the people of texas know what i was seeing. >> and there's such high interest in this, not just in the state of texas where i know you've covered politics for a long time but nationwide. i think we can put up a map of looking at which states are working to pass measures at this point that would make voting more restrictive. what is the potential impact of sb-7 in t...
>> i do want to be clear that texas, even without sb-7 already has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the entire country. but what this bit of legislation that was effectively killed for this session by democrats in their walkout last night would have done is add new restrictions and regulations as well as new criminal and civil penalties to the voting process. it would end drive-through voting. and mass mailing of mail-in ballot applications by public officials. it would actually make that a crime. it would bar any voting past 9:00 p.m. it would bar sunday morning voting. it would al...
The bill would have installed some of the toughest voting restrictions in the country today, including making mail-in voting more difficult, severely limiting early voting hours, and also making it easier for a judge to overturn an election. >> so republican governor of texas greg abbott says this is far from over. he is going to call in special session of the state legislature, to finish the job. also, this. on this memorial day. soon president biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of unknown soldier, arlington national cemetery in virginia. we'll bring you that ceremony, the wreath laying, his...