Controversial Texas voting law expected to advance with return of Democrats: "I expect a vigorous debate"
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Republican lawmakers in Texas are expected to advance a controversial bill Thursday that Democrats say would limit people's ability to vote. This comes after more than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled to Washington, D.C., last month, breaking quorum to block the bill.
The legislature reached quorum on August 19 when enough lawmakers returned to Texas. Breaking quorum "raised the awareness" of the bill, state Representative Garnet Coleman told CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal. Coleman, whose district includes a portion of Houston, acknowledged it was important for the lawmakers to return to Texas.Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.