More than 100 state lawmakers to join Texas Democrats for voting rights rally
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More than 100 state lawmakers from around the country are expected to join Texas Democrats and some United States Senators for a voting rights rally in Washington D.C. on Tuesday as part of a continued push for Congress to pass sweeping federal election legislation.
The Texas Democrats have been in Washington D.C. since July 12. They left the state to deny a quorum during the legislature's special session to block Republican lawmakers from passing legislation that would overhaul Texas' election laws. During their three weeks in Washington, the Texas lawmakers have met with Vice President Kamala Harris and members of Congress. They have urged Congress to pass the For the People Act, a sweeping federal elections bill, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which is aimed at shoring up a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.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.