ABC: Texas Dems To Return For Second Special Session

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports:

ABC13 has confirmed with multiple sources that House Democrats will return to Texas. Eyewitness News has not confirmed the date, but we do know that Democrats believe they’ve accomplished their mission by killing the first special session and by raising national awareness about the mid-decade redistricting effort.

It is unclear which day they will be in Austin at the Capitol, but they stress that they will push for Hill Country flooding relief to be the priority.

This comes as the House went another session without a quorum on Tuesday, with just 95 members present for the second day in a row. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said that assuming there is no quorum on Friday, the session will end, and a new one will begin.

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MORE: @ABC has not confirmed an exact date that Dems plan to return, though one source says House Dems loosely plan on returning this weekend. Those plans could change if Republicans go back on their word to begin a second special session on Friday.https://t.co/Jgdh12iCIn

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