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While Republicans' legislation includes a provision to give some people more notice of when they aren't legally allowed to vote, the bill also would add new criminal penalties.
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Texas Republicans pushed back forcefully, denying Democratic claims that the state election bill would suppress voting and discriminate against minority voters.
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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan issued an arrest warrant for Democratic State Representative Philip Cortez after he returned to Washington D.C. Sunday night.
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Three of the Democratic legislators who went to Washington, D.C., to deny the Texas House a quorum have been invited to detail their concerns at a specially called hearing on the contentious legislation that includes new restrictions on voting.
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Over the past few days, the Texas delegation has met with nearly all of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, save for President Joe Biden. But there is not yet clear movement to revive the congressional Democrats’ federal voting legislation.
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Democratic State Representative Philip Cortez of San Antonio has returned to Texas after leaving the state last week to break quorum of the special legislative session.
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Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas in an effort to block Republican-led restrictive voting legislation from being passed.
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Harris County, which includes Houston, has more than 4.7 million people. Many of the voting rights innovations installed last year are at risk of being eliminated by the Republican-led Legislature.
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The Texas House Democratic Caucus moved some meetings with advocates online after a handful of representatives in Washington tested positive for the virus. Members are also following protocols like wearing masks.
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Austin-area state Rep. Celia Israel and Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio are among the fully vaccinated Texas House Democratic Caucus members who tested positive for the virus.