'Obviously they think this is all fun and games, but the people of Texas elected them for a reason, and that is to show up to work,' the Republican congresswoman told Fox News.
"You don't run from a vote, you don't run from a debate, you go and show up in the chamber and debate something on its merits and then you vote," she continued, saying a majority of Americans have been shown in recent polls to support increased restrictions on who and how people vote.
The Texas Democrats are not the first set of partisan lawmakers to flee a state in order to avoid quorum and thus delay a vote. Republicans in Oregon and Democrats in Michigan used the same tactic within recent years in order to avoid votes that they knew they'd likely lose.
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