Thursday, August 5, 2021

Gov. To Call Repeated Special Sessions Until Fleeing Legislators Return

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will continue to call "special session after special session" in an attempt to force Democrats to return to Texas to consider voting reform legislation, Fox News has learned.

"By leaving the state, Democrats walked out on Texans and critical issues in the special session agenda to provide property tax relief, fund our retired teachers, protect our foster children, and secure our southern border," press secretary for the governor, Renae Eze told Fox News. 

"If they didn’t want to do their job to debate and vote on the issues, they shouldn’t have run for office."

(Full story here.)
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