July 21, 2021      4:17 PM
Leading a small group of Texas House Democrats, Rep. Cortez says he will collaborate with GOP Rep. Murr on elections bill
GOP leadership promotes the fact that 92 House members are now at or near the Texas Capitol; 57 Democrats signed letters last week asking the Journal Clerk to lock their voting machines, that number now appears only down one to 56
Rep. Philip Cortez,
D-San Antonio, on Wednesday announced that he had returned from Washington to “lead
the reform effort on HB 3,” the Texas House version
of the elections bill. That’s as GOP leadership promoted the fact that 92
members – from both parties – are now on or around the
Texas House floor, 8 shy of a quorum.
GOP Caucus Chairman Jim Murphy earlier in the day had
said there were 91 House members at the Texas Capitol. After
that, QR reported that Rep. Leo Pacheco, D-San Antonio,
was also back at the Capitol.
But it’s
important to note that from the moment most members of the Texas House
Democratic Caucus were wheels down in Washington last week, 57 of them
had signed letters asking the House Journal Clerk to lock their
voting machines.
That means the GOP leadership’s
number for House attendance, even with Cortez back, tops out at 94.
By Scott Braddock
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