In the '70’s, during a special session, if memory serves, a group of Texas legislators (Dems, of course, and liberal ones), fled the state to deny the House a quorum. The Texas House rules are quite clear: no quorum, no vote; not even to suspend the rules to vote without a quorum.In a last ditch attempt to block Senate Bill 7, all Democrats walked off the House floor Sunday night, preventing a vote on the legislation before a fatal deadline. The bill includes provisions to limit early voting hours and curtail local options.https://t.co/pILQ6H9eBV
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 31, 2021
And the clock is ticking. Remember Wendy Davis and the midnight hour? Sine die means sine die. The clock rules the Lege. In 5 minutes as I type, bills not passed are dead.The heinous Texas voting bill is dead.
If the GOP hadn’t gotten greedy they could have passed a very bad bill. Now they can’t pass any bill.
Will Gov. Absent put this on the agenda of a special session? He says he will. But that session will have to redistrict Texas. Each special session can only last 30 days. Whether they can redistrict in 30 days and pass the voting bill AND ignore Patrick’s screams for a trans-student bill and his other hobby horses is not all that likely. And of course the killer bees could strike again.
Governors don’t like special sessions. Redistricting has to happen. The rest doesn’t seem all that compelling., especially as the summer drags on.
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