Texas House fails to make a quorum on 6th attempt
Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.
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Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.
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Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Gene Wu tells Jack Fink the two terms they set for their return to the state Capitol are the goals they've had from the beginning when deciding to break quorum. Wu says the first was to kill a "corrupt" special session and force the House to reset or restart it. The second was to try to convince other states to "step up and take action to stop this."
Texas Republican Rep. Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth responds to Texas House Democrats' demands for their return to the state to meet quorum. He tells Jack Fink that they need to return to Texas and show up in Austin. He says Republicans should approve up to ten new GOP majority Congressional districts in Texas, and he wants to see Governor Abbott place redistricting of the Texas House and Senate on the agenda for the second special session, which will start Friday if there's no quorum in the TX House.
If those conditions are met, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said Democratic lawmakers will return to the Texas House.
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Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.
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