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Texas fugitive Democrats in DC: Greg Abbott’s only option is a waiting game

By Emily Brooks
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Texas fugitive Democrats in DC: Greg Abbott’s only option is a waiting game

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has one option to deal with the fugitive Democratic state legislators who fled the state in order to block a Republican voting bill during a special session: wait them out.

Texas state Democrats are hoping to stop a quorum to block Republican-backed state voting legislation from advancing in a special session that ends on Aug. 6.

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