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  • State Rep. Toni Rose, D-Dallas, shows her appreciation of House Speaker Dade Phelan from the back mic along with other members on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, talks with members in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • Weary members of the House Democratic caucus gather on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature after successfully killing SB 7 the voting integrity bill with a late night walkout.  Al left is Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, talks with members in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, talks with members in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • A member of the cleaning staff takes care of the railing in the House gallery on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • Members of the Senate Education Committee pose for a photographer on the Senate floor during the last minutes of the 87th Legislature in Austin.
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  • Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and other Brown and Black Democratic members talk to the press on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. The group led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and other Brown and Black Democratic members talk to the press on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. The group led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • Members of the Senate Education Committee pose for a photographer on the Senate floor during the last minutes of the 87th Legislature in Austin.
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  • Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and other Brown and Black Democratic members talk to the press on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. The group led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • State Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, enters the House chamber on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.  Cain, chair of the House Elections Committee, tried to steer SB 7 a voting integrity bill through the chamber that was successfully quashed by a Democratic walkout. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • The electronic sign over the Speaker's podium shows the House stands Sine Die on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • State Rep. John Turner, D-Dallas, r, gathers with weary House Democrats to celebrate a successful walkout that killed SB 7 the voter integrity bill Sunday night on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • House Democratic Caucus leader Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, poses with Rep. Ann Johnson, D-Houston, who received a gavel as the Freshman of the Year on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, gavels through routine procedural votes in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, gavels through routine procedural votes in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan poses with his family after the end of the session on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston, l, shakes the hand of a weary Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas as the House Democratic caucus meets to celebrate after killing SB 7 on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, talks with a colleague as the House gathers late for Sine Die on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • Republican State Reps Lacey Hull, R-Houston, l, and Rep. Shelby Slawson, R-Stephenville, share a laugh on the House floor in the waning minutes of the 87th Legislature in Austin. Both are serving their first terms.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, gavels through routine procedural votes in the final minutes of the 87th Legislative Session that ended sine die on May 31, 2021.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan poses for a picture in the middle of the chamber as Republican Texas House members pose for a panorama on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan poses for a picture in the middle of the chamber as Republican Texas House members pose for a panorama on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • House Speaker Dade Phelan poses for a picture in the middle of the chamber as Republican Texas House members pose for a panorama on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • State Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Waxahachie, sits among empty chairs as Republican Texas House members work in the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • State Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Waxahachie, sits among empty chairs as Republican Texas House members work in the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • Republican Texas House members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • House members, press and lobbyists in the hallway outside the House Chamber during the special session called July 8, 2021.
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  • Texas House members say the Pledge of Allegiance  as the House nears the end of the second-called special session of the 87th Texas Legislature. The House passed the SB1 election integrity bill conference committee report, 80-41 with 28 abstentions.
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  • Texas House members say the Pledge of Allegiance  as the House nears the end of the second-called special session of the 87th Texas Legislature. The House passed the SB1 election integrity bill conference committee report, 80-41 with 28 abstentions.
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  • Austin, TX May 20, 2009:  Political action in the Texas House during the final days of the 81st Legislative Session, showing House Parliamentarian Denise Davis (c) explaining a ruling to several House members.  ©Bob Daemmrich
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  • Texas House members confer as the Texas House considers HB1 the redistricting bill during the second-called 87th Legislature special session.
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  • Left to right, Rep. Valoree Swaonson, Angie Chen Button and Rep. Victoria Neave as House members greet each other on the floor of the Texas House prior to the opening of the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature.
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  • State Rep. Gene Wu, Democrat from Houston, exults in successfully helping kill SB 7 the voter integrity bill with a late night walkout on the final full day of the 87th Texas Legislature. At left is Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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  • State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, speaks of his appreciation to Speaker Dade Phelan on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. Al left is Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock.
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  • Sen. Donna Cambell, R-New Braunfels, gives a speech in the Senate after being named Speaker Pro Tem on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, D-San Antonio, talks with the press after a Black and Brown Democratic meeting in the aftermath of a quorum-busting walkout that killed SB 7 on Sunday. At right is Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas
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  • State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, r, D-Austin, talks with Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, D-San Antonio on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. Both led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • State Rep. Michelle Beckley, D-Carrollton, talks with Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature before Sine Die.
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  • State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, D-San Antonio, talks with the press after a Black and Brown Democratic meeting in the aftermath of a quorum-busting walkout that killed SB 7 on Sunday. At right is Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas
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  • Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas, leads a discussion of Democrats in a private meeting on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. The group was responsible for stalling SB 7 the voting rights bill with a walkout.
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  • State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, l, D-Austin, talks with Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, D-San Antonio on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. Both led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, l, D-Austin, talks with Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, D-San Antonio on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature. Both led Sunday's walkout in the chamber that stalled SB 7 the voting rights bill.
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  • Hollis Rose Landgraf, daughter of Rep. Brooks Landgraf of Odessa, gives a hugh to Rep. Angie Chen Button, R-Dallas, on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, reacts to her being named freshman of the year of the Black Caucus on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • Sen. Donna Cambell, R-New Braunfels, gives a speech in the Senate after being named Speaker Pro Tem on the final day of the 87th Texas Legislature.
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  • The Texas House debating SB 7 late into the night  a controversial omnibus elections bill that would make changes to the way Texas elections are held.  House Speaker Dade Phelan confers with members during a pause in the action.
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  • The Texas House debating SB 7 late into the night  a controversial omnibus elections bill that would make changes to the way Texas elections are held.  Members of the public keep tabs on the vote in the House gallery.
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  • Speaker Dade Phelan talks to Republican members as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Speaker Dade Phelan talks to Republican members as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Republican State Reps. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, and Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Mineola, talk to the House parliamentarian as the Texas House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Speaker Dade Phelan tries to maintain order as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Speaker Dade Phelan tries to maintain order as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Speaker Dade Phelan tries to maintain order as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Democrats Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City, talks with Rep. John Turner, D-Dallas as the Texas House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Rep. John Turner, D-Dallas, takes a call as the Texas House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. Two of the longest serving members, State Rep. SENFRONIA THOMPSON, D-Houston, and Rep. TOM CRADDICK, R-Midland, confer in the chamber.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. FOUR PRICE, R-Amarillo (blue mask) talks with members.
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  • State Rep. Ken King, R-Amarillo, sits in the Texas House chamber Republican members mill about the chamber on the second day of failing to get a quorum at a special session. Most Democratic members left the state protesting of restrictive voting measures proposed byTexas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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  • State Rep. Eddie Morales, Jr., D-Eagle Pass, speaks to the media about his reasons for staying in Austin as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • `State Rep. John Turner, D-Dallas speaks to the media about his reasons for staying in Austin as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • `State Rep. John Turner, D-Dallas speaks to the media about his reasons for staying in Austin as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • State Rep. Eddie Morales, Jr., D-Eagle Pass, speaks to the media about his reasons for staying in Austin as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • State Rep. Eddie Morales, Jr., D-Eagle Pass, speaks to the media about his reasons for staying in Austin as the House attempts to get a quorum of members the day after most Democratic members left the state in protest of restrictive voting rights bills under consideration in the 87th Legislature. Less than the required 2/3 members showed up so the chamber cannot legally conduct business.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.  House Speaker DADE PHELAN, R-Beaumont, weilds the gavel.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.  House Speaker DADE PHELAN, R-Beaumont, weilds the gavel.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Sem. ROYCE WEST, D-Dallas (l),  speaks with Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen, in the House chamber.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. Rep. EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, D-Austin, talks with Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio on the House floor.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Keller, talks with the Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. Longtime State Rep. SENFRONIA THOMPSON, D-Houston, with colleagues.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. Kyle Kacal, R-Bryan, talks with Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Dallas.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. RICHARD RAYMOND, D-Laredo, speaks with a colleague.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.  State Rep. DAN HUBERTY, R-Houston, talks with a colleague.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.  State Rep. NICOLE COLLIER, D-Fort Worth, is surrounded by colleagues at the front mic.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. DONNA HOWARD, D-Austin,  talks to a constituent.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. Rep. ED THOMPSON R-Pearland, works with his pledge sheets.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. CHRIS TURNER, D-Dallas (center) negotiates a point of order.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. CHRIS TURNER, D-Dallas (center) negotiates a point of order.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Reps. Tony Tinderholt (l) and Brian Slayton, (r) work on a point of order.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. RICHARD RAYMOND, D-Laredo, speaks with a colleague.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. HOBERT VO, D-Houston, behind Rep. Julie Johnson.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. State Rep. CHRIS TURNER, D-Dallas (c), chair of the Democratic Caucus, tackles a Point of Order (POO).
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.  State Rep. FOUR PRICE, R-Amarillo, stands between Rep. JOHN KUEMPEL, R-Seguin, and Rep. COLE HEFNER, R-Lindale.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms. Rep. DAN HUBERTY, R-Kingwood (r) speaks with a colleague.
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  • The Texas House of Representatives meets with barely enough members to make a quorum after a weeks-long Democratic walkout stalled voting and budget bills on August 23, 2021. A few Democrats tricked back for the second of three planned Texas special sessions.
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  • The Texas House of Representatives meets with barely enough members to make a quorum after a weeks-long Democratic walkout stalled voting and budget bills on August 23, 2021. A few Democrats tricked back for the second of three planned Texas special sessions.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.
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  • Lawmakers in the Texas House work to negotiate, write legislation and pass bills at the 87th session of the Texas Legislature in Austin. Each of the 150 members are elected to two-year terms.
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  • A look back at the redistricting process in the Texas House showing redrawn maps on member's laptops during a special session, showing State Rep. Beverly Woolley, R-Houston, r, talking with Arlene Wohlgemuth, l, and other members.
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  • State Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock, talks to members  as the Texas House ultimately passes SB3, an education reform bill that would prohibit among other things, teaching "critical race theory" in Texas classrooms.  The bill passed to third reading, 81-43 on a partisan vote.
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