Three Texas lawmakers returned to the State House floor Thursday, allowing the legislature to reach a quorum and end his party’s effort to block restrictive voting rights legislation backed by a Republican. Democratic House members fled the state 38 days ago to break the quorum and block passage of the bill. Representatives Garnet Coleman, Ana Hernandez and Armando Walle, all Democrats, said in a joint statement that they were “proud of the heroic work” of the boycott and vowed to “continue the fight in the chamber.” They cited the catastrophic increase in COVID-19 cases and the need to manage the crisis as a reason for their return. The controversial voting rights bill has already been passed in the state Senate and a hearing in the House is now scheduled for Saturday with the return of lawmakers. Even with the three Democrats voting no, the bill is expected to pass. Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos, also a Democrat, tweeted that she did not expect the passage: “We were literally on calls for 2 hours this morning and none of the deficient Democrats mentioned that they planned to help Republicans pass voter suppression laws. “.
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