Texas House Democrats to leave state to block Republican voting restrictions
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Texas House Democrats are preparing to leave the state Monday in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of the special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott, two sources familiar with the Democrats' plans told CNN.
Their move places Texas at the heart of the national fight over voting rights, with GOP state lawmakers turning former President Donald Trump's lies about widespread voting fraud into a push for new laws that limit mail-in voting, early voting and more. Already this year, Republican-controlled states including Florida, Georgia and Iowa have enacted restrictive new voting laws. Democrats in Congress have pushed measures that would expand access to the ballot box nationwide -- but GOP opposition in the Senate has kept them from clearing the 60-vote threshold necessary to break a filibuster.More Related News
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