Texas Dems who quashed SB7 hailed as ‘inspiration’ in Congress as voting rights bills stall Updated at 6:20 p.m. WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers who staged a dramatic walkout to quash a GOP election bill in Austin got a hero’s welcome Tuesday in Congress, where fellow Democrats sought to leverage their example of feistiness into progress on voting rights at the federal level. News story posted on 2021-06-16T01:39:05.0000000Z
