list of legislative priorities he was hoping to see passed during a special session of the legislature held last month, prompting criticism from Huffines and other political opponents who believe Abbott has not gone far enough in pushing a conservative agenda as governor.
Although an anti-transgender sports bill and other conservative measures passed the Texas Senate with ease, the whole session was largely derailed after a substantial number of House Democrats fled to Washington, D.C.
in order to deny chamber leaders a quorum needed to proceed with business, in protest of a bill to place additional restrictions on non-Election Day and mail-in voting, which they say disproportionately harms communities of color.Undeterred, Abbott called.
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