Texas Democrats who staged walkout pressure U.S. Senate to pass voting bills

A group of Democratic state lawmakers from Texas on Tuesday pressured U.S. senators to pass two major voting bills that have been stalled. 

The Texas Democrats who traveled to Washington this week were part of a group of lawmakers who staged a walkout in the closing hours of the state's legislative session last month to defeat a sweeping election bill Republicans in the state were trying to pass. They met Tuesday with Congressional Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and spoke at the Senate Democrats' lunch. "These Texas Democrats bravely fought against voter suppression," Schumer said. "They must have gotten five or six standing ovations. We were really taken by their courage, their bravery and, most importantly, their mission."