{"id":665062,"date":"2021-08-20T09:22:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=665062"},"modified":"2021-08-20T09:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:22:28","slug":"texas-dems-trickle-back-quorum-reached-to-vote-on-gop-voting-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dems-trickle-back-quorum-reached-to-vote-on-gop-voting-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dems Trickle Back, Quorum Reached To Vote On GOP Voting Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-dems-trickle-back-quorum-reached-to-vote-on-gop-voting-bills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=665062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Texas-Democrats.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives reached a quorum, finally permitting the House to consider a vote on GOP voting reform bills which had been held up after Texas Democrats fled the state and traveled to Washington D.C. in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/08\/18\/texas-house-democrats-quorum\/\">The Texas Tribune<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8.7962962962963\">\n<p><em>The margin was razor thin on Thursday and it was unclear for hours before gaveling in whether Republicans had gotten enough members in the chamber to begin their work. Ultimately, 99 members voted that they were present with 49 stated absences. (The regular 100-member threshold for a quorum dropped to 99 on Thursday after San Antonio Democrat&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/directory\/leo-pacheco\/\">Leo Pacheco<\/a>\u2019s resignation went into effect.) The House then adjourned until 4 p.m. on Monday after referring a slew of bills to committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan stated, \u201cIt\u2019s time to get back to the business of the people of Texas. &nbsp;I appreciate every one of you. I\u2019m looking forward to working with you over the coming week or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats were angry that some of their colleagues had returned to the chamber. Rep. Michelle Beckley, noting that Democrats Garnet Coleman, Ana Hernandez, and Armando Walle had returned, tweeted, \u201cThis is how Texas Democrats lose elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1653543307087\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how Texas Democrats lose elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8FllkZvlCh\">https:\/\/t.co\/8FllkZvlCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Beckley (@BeckleyforTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckleyforTX\/status\/1428484911887962112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The three aforementioned returning Democrats issued a statement saying, \u201cWe are proud of the heroic work and commitment we and our fellow Democratic caucus members have shown in breaking quorum in May and again over this summer. We took the fight for voting rights to Washington, D.C. and brought national attention to the partisan push in our state to weaken ballot access. Our efforts were successful and served as the primary catalyst to push Congress to take action on federal voter protection legislation. Now, we continue the fight on the House Floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.3802816901408\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BRq2SvgXAc\">pic.twitter.com\/BRq2SvgXAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ana Hernandez (@AnaHdzTx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaHdzTx\/status\/1428478591130603526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-who-fled-texas-to-subvert-democracy-mocked-for-playing-victim-card-you-guys-are-pathetic\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted when the Texas Democrats fled:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><em>More than 50 Democrats fled the state on private planes so there would not be enough legislators present for a variety of bills to be passed, including voter integrity laws, bills that would protect girls from having to compete against biological males in sports, fund arrests of illegal aliens, clampdown on abortion, and crackdown on racist Critical Race Theory being taught in schools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many online noted that the Texas Democrats brought cheap beer with them as they fled the state, eventually boarding private jets to Washington, D.C., while not wearing masks.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, Texas law enforcement was deputized and sent to track down the absent Democratic lawmakers, as The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/texas-law-enforcement-deputized-ordered-to-arrest-rogue-democratic-lawmakers-immediately\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15.688155922039\">\n<p><em>Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) said that the process of arresting the rogue lawmakers \u201cwill begin in earnest immediately,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/08\/12\/texas-democrats-arrest-judges\/\">Texas Tribune<\/a>. Phelan signed arrest warrants for 52 missing lawmakers on Tuesday, but the possibility of arresting the absent Democrats has been in limbo as many of the lawmakers have sought protection by the courts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday overruled a lower court order blocking the arrest of 45 Democratic lawmakers, clearing the way for Phelan to direct law enforcement to bring the lawmakers into the Capitol by force. The state Supreme Court gave the Democrats a Monday morning deadline for a response.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives reached a quorum, finally permitting the House to consider a vote on GOP voting reform bills which had been held up after Texas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}