Texas Democrats staged a walkout. Now they're heading to Washington to talk to the VP and Congress
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Some of the Texas Democrats who staged a walkout to defeat a sweeping election bill are in Washington, D.C., to crank up pressure on Senators to take action on voting rights.
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