
Texas Democrats celebrate blocking restrictive voting bill, but warn of future threat to voting access
CNN
Texas Democrats on Monday cheered their derailment of a restrictive voting bill, while warning of the continued threat of the legislation that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to bring back during a planned special session.
"Today is a great day, but I can't help but feeling bitter, disappointed, hurt," Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a San Antonio Democrat, told CNN on Monday. Democrats walked off the state House floor late Sunday night, leaving majority Republicans without the quorum they needed to approve the bill before a midnight deadline. This effectively killed the bill for this year's legislative session, but Abbott has already tweeted that he is adding "election integrity" to a list of topics lawmakers will address in a special session he plans to call.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











