Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Issues 52 Arrest Warrants For Democrats Who Fled State
On Tuesday, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan(R-Texas) issued 52 arrest warrants for Democrats in the Texas state government who fled their state for Washington D.C. last month and have not returned to the state House chamber in an effort to block the new voting bill pushed by the Texas Republicans. The arrest warrants followed after Texas House Republicans voted, 80-12, a move to order state law enforcement to track down and enforce the return of the absent Democrats to the chamber. Republican lawmakers in Texas have been advancing two voting bills that would prohibit voting procedures like dr...