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Only 81 Texas House representatives were present on Saturday afternoon for the second special session convened by Governor Greg Abbott.
AUSTIN, Texas – The quorum was not met for the second special session on Saturday afternoon at the Texas House.
House Speaker Dade Phelan ended the meeting after only 81 representatives showed up to call by name. At least 100 representatives were required for the House to move forward.
Phelan said the meeting would be suspended until 4 p.m. Monday.
The House of Representatives remains standing as most Democrats have not returned from Washington DC, where they continue to fight for electoral reform and electoral rights.
Rep. @EddieLucioIII is one of the TX Democrats who has returned for the 2nd special session. He was in DC for two weeks but says he returned for “personal and professional reasons”. He expects the quorum to be reached this week. @KHOU pic.twitter.com/4cc7A0EGNe
– Janelle Bludau (@JanelleKHOU) August 7, 2021
Rep. Eddie Lucio III was one of the Democrats in the Texas House who has returned for the second special session.
He was in Washington, DC for two weeks but says he returned for “personal and professional reasons”. Lucio said he believes the quorum will be met this week.
Friday was the last day of the first special session. Governor Greg Abbott called Austin. It came and went with no new laws. Republicans called the meeting about 13 hours early Friday.
August 6th was the day the Texas House Democrats had been waiting for.
“Yes, we managed to run the clock at the first special session, but we’re not naive to believe we won the war,” said State Representative Nicole Collier, D-Ft. Worth.
At the end of the special session, the agenda presented to them ends, including the controversial electoral law. The Democrats are proud to have killed them.
“There is no quorum.” Texas House adjourns until 4:00 p.m. Monday. @JanelleKHOU will have more on what’s next for the second special session at 6 p.m. pic.twitter.com/8CC2JoH3go
– KHOU 11 News Houston (HOKHOU) August 7, 2021
“This type of law will be detrimental for generations to come if we allow it,” said Rep. Jarvis Johnson D-Houston.
But Republicans say their law will protect the elections and say the special session is a huge waste of money.
“A special session costs us over a million dollars in additional cost to Texas taxpayers,” said Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Houston. “In this case, they paid a million and got pretty much nothing.”
Prior to the meeting, Murphy said the house occupied 83 of the 150 seats. It took you at least 17 Democrats to do business, he said.
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