A stalemate on a GOP voting bill in Texas has ended after a few House Democrats who fled the state in July to help block the measure returned to the chamber
AUSTIN, Texas—A few Democrats in the Texas Legislature, who had helped refuse the House a quorum in an effort to kill an elections bill, returned to the Capitol Thursday after a 38-day standoff.
Three Houston-area House Democrats—Garnet Coleman, Ana Hernandez and Armando Walle—returned to the chamber on Thursday evening. More than 55 House Democrats, including Mr. Walle and Ms. Hernandez, fled to Washington, D.C., in July to deny the Republican-controlled House the quorum needed to vote on the bill during a special session called by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“We are proud of the heroic work and commitment we and our fellow Democratic caucus members have shown in breaking quorum in May and again this summer,” they said in a statement. “Now, we continue the fight on the House floor.” The proposed election bill, which would broadly tighten election procedures across the state, has become a point of national controversy between Republicans, who say it will make voting more secure, and Democrats, who say it will suppress votes.
Mr. Abbott, a Republican, had vowed to “call special session after special session” of the Legislature, which typically meets only every other year for five months, to pass the GOP-priority bill.
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