“I do believe that fighting for the right to vote is as American as apple pie.” Vice Pres. Harris applauds “extraordinary courage” of Texas legislators who plan to break quorum and travel to D.C. in push for election reform.
Democratic Texas lawmakers boarded flights to Washington, D.C, on Monday in an effort to block a Republican bill that restricts voting access.For the second time since May, Texas House Democrats will break quorum in protest against state Republicans' push to revise thewas officially announced by Democrats Monday afternoon, a day before the Texas House was slated to be back in session to continue working through the items set by Gov. Greg Abbott for the ongoing, 30-day special session agenda.
"I applaud the effort of the Texas legislators who are standing in the way of a blatant attempt to suppress the vote," she said. It was also unclear what the state's executive branch would do next. In a statement following the Democrats' announcement, the Republican governor blasted the legislators, accusing them of engaging in"partisan political games."
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