Democrats break quorum and leave the state after the GOP map clears committee
After the redistricting map cleared a House committee — over testimony that ran 98.8% against — at least 51 Democrats left the state to deny a quorum.
After the GOP’s redistricting map (House Bill 4) cleared a House committee on a party-line vote — over testimony that ran 98.8% against — at least 51 Democrats left Texas for Illinois and other blue states, denying the House the quorum it needed to pass the map.
From a Chicago suburb, Wu blasted Abbott for advancing the map while relief for the deadly July 4th Central Texas floods waited, accusing the governor of using grieving families “as hostages in a political game.”
This vote is a profound act of contempt for the people of Texas. When a majority uses its power not to govern, but to erase the voices of its fellow citizens, it forfeits its legitimacy. — Rep. Gene Wu
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