Texas Senate passes Republican-backed voting reform bill
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More than 50 Democrats from Texas’ House flew to Washington, D.C. Monday to avoid voting on the elections bill. The vote came on the same day that President Joe Biden gave an impassioned speech about protecting voting rights. The elections bill in Texas, called Senate Bill 1, includes many measures that tried to pass the legislature in May.
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