Texas Democrats Prepare For Lengthy US Capitol Stay As State GOP Approves Arrest Warrants
Source: CBS
Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they are prepared to hold off Republicans push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks. The group gathered on Capitol Hill urging President Joe Biden and Democratic members of Congress to look for new ways to implement federal voting protections.
Texas Democrats who hurriedly fled Austin for Washington to block sweeping new election laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they cant stay away forever and urged Congress to act including backing South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburns call for a filibuster carve-out for voting rights legislation, while Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened them with arrest the moment they return.
As Democrats gathered at the U.S. Capitol, Republicans in the unusually skeletal Texas House of Representatives authorized finding and bringing back more than 50 lawmakers under warrant of arrest if necessary. However, state troopers have no jurisdiction beyond Texas, making it unclear what if any actions would immediately be taken.
Abbott has already threatened Democrats with arrest once they come back home, which may not be until the current 30-day special session ends in August. Though that would successfully stymie the GOPs current effort, Abbott has vowed to keep trying until the 2022 elections if necessary.
Read more: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/07/13/texas-democrats-lengthy-stay-state-gop-arrest-warrants/
This could get ugly
riversedge
(70,214 posts)in dc
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)Bidens speech Tuesday in Philadelphia, to be delivered at the National Constitution Center, is intended as the opening salvo of a public pressure campaign, White House aides said, even as legislative options to block voting restrictions face significant obstacles.
Hell lay out the moral case for why denying the right to vote is a form of suppression and a form of silencing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday as she previewed the speech. He will redouble his commitment to using every tool at his disposal to continue to fight to protect the fundamental right of Americans to vote against the onslaught of voter suppression laws.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-speaks-on-voting-rights
Live. Interesting timing
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)Abbott should be impeached for coming up with as stupid a plan as Republicans and their idiotic lawsuits challenging the election. Thank you Michigan for having the balls to take Republican lawyers to court.
Whats the charge? The fact is, there is none. When Democrats fled to Illinois during the Skippy Walker nightmare of an administration, they were threatened but never charged- all for the sake of political bravado.
Get rid of Abbott.
Ray Bruns
(4,095 posts)What is the charge? Running away?
Ray Bruns
(4,095 posts)What is the charge? Running away?
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)KS Toronado
(17,233 posts)Put up some of the Texas congress people to keep their costs down for being brave and doing the right thing.
Surely they have spare bedrooms for guests.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)And I am also hoping that they can maybe find time for the US House Reps from Texas to meet with the Texas State Reps to think of ways to craft the Federal legislation, and maybe find some clever work arounds on the State legislation that is so restrictive.
We need to make sure this unique opportunity is not squandered.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)KS Toronado
(17,233 posts)Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)nt
TexasBushwhacker
(20,186 posts)Seriously, if he's going to arrest them, it has to be for an offense.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)malthaussen
(17,194 posts)What statute have they violated? This is especially puzzling to me, since Parliamentary Privilege should apply.
-- Mal