NexStar – at the sixth consecutive time, the Texas house failed to reach the old quorum required of 100 members to overcome work on Friday morning, where five members fell as Democratic lawmakers were outside the state to prevent plans to re -divide Republicans.
According to their speech, the Republican leadership officially ended the first special session after just minutes and immediately launched a second special session on Friday afternoon, with the governor of the state, Greg Abbott, expanded the agenda to include the safety measures of the youth camp in addition to 18 original elements.
“Do not go far,” Parliament Speaker Dustin Buroz, R-LUBBOCK warned against legislators before completing the first session, indicating the rapid shift that followed.
The first failed special session leaves incorrectly important work, including relief for victims of Hill Country floods that killed more than 100 people during the weekend on July 4.
“It is incredibly disappointing. We have people who need resources at the present time. We have some funding in some of those bills that I think will be crucial,” said Wes Firel, R-Brady, who represents the affected areas of the floods.
Launching the second session with the same agenda
More than 190 invoice It was already presented in the new private session, including the proposal to re -divide the circles in Congress, which sparked democratic migration. The plan will re -draw 38 provinces in the Congress in Texas to give Republicans an advantage in obtaining five additional seats at home, with only a slight modification on the western part of Texas of the map.
The state deputy, Ann Johnson, extended Houston, is the only democratic to return to Texas.
“We were all able to stay together and see the end of this first session,” said MP Jose Garcia, De San Antonio.
The Battle of Dividing the National Circles is escalated
Texas’s confrontation sparked a national race to re -divide the circles, as California is preparing to issue a re -division of circles on Monday. California Governor Gavin New Off said that his mandate will not back down from her efforts while the Republican states are following similar tactics.
“We do not wait and do not expect the states to be negative, especially with the directive from President Donald Trump,” said New Off.
Abbott rejected the threats of California, and described newsom as “all the words and no action”, while it hints on Friday that he may expand efforts to re -divide the circles in Texas to include the state’s home areas as well.
“We carry a lot of bullets in our belt. We will be ready to use when [we] Abbott said at a press conference on Friday.
Republicans in the House of Representatives said that they are confident that the room will get the quorum when the second special session will be held on Monday, although it is not clear that the number of Democrats are planning to return.
The second session can last for up to 30 days, as all bills need to be renovated and the legislative process begins completely.