Democratic state representatives in Texas united to grind the state legislature to a halt last month. But they’re having trouble rallying around what to do next.
“A group of us were always… going to stay here as long as either Congress or the Senate was working on election bills,” state Rep. Michelle Beckley said. “As long as there was movement, we were going to stay.”
Another Democratic lawsuit filed Friday has been met with more skepticism. A number of the Texas Democrats who fled to D.C. filed a suit in federal court in Austin that accused Abbott, state House Speaker Dade Phelan and Republican state Rep. James White of violating their constitutional rights. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks with a reporter as she protests the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol. | Drew Angerer/Getty Imagestold web show The Undercurrent that elections bills were meant to maintain Republican control in the state, Beckley said it seems “even more pertinent” they stay in D.C.
Another strategy is developing in the Senate: Sen. Amy Klobuchar , said she is looking to include funding for elections
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