The GOP speaker of the house in Texas has signed a civil warrant to arrest state Rep. Philip Cortez, a Democrat who returned to Washington, D.C., on Sunday in an effort to block a Republican election reform bill from being approved by state lawmakers, The Texas Tribune is reporting.
However, the news outlet noted it is unlikely that Speaker Dade Phelan’s signed warrant will have any impact since Texas law enforcement lacks any jurisdiction outside of the state.
The Texas Democrats had traveled to Washington to break the state House quorum to avoid losing votes in a special session.
More than 50 Democrat House lawmakers from Texas fled to the nation’s capital in mid-July to temporarily block efforts to pass election reform measures in the state and staying through Aug. 7
The action was taken to keep the Texas House from a two-thirds quorum in order to keep the Legislature from passing a number of bills, particularly Republican-backed election reform measures.
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Duh, what’s new! Dems break the law and get away with it. Ron Brown’s disappearance during Hill’s Bill’s presidency and the other scandals- thet got away with murder and we’re still paying for their protection while she laughed about the poor embassy officers she let get killed in Bengazi! So what’s new? Dems aree Dems! Just look at the recent fiasco with Cuomo! Did anybody question The $900 million that Mrs. deBlasio took? Who even remembers? That’s what the Democrat party is all about! Corruption, Corruption and more Corruption!
The Democrats are above the law. They can break any they choose. Only worthless Rino’s must play by the rules.