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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSB5 dead Officially at 3:05 am 6/26/2013.
just heard it from Texas senate.
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SB5 dead Officially at 3:05 am 6/26/2013. (Original Post)
Half-Century Man
Jun 2013
OP
A time stamp showing the vote completed after midnight was the deciding factor.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#4
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)1. When the Senators came back into the chamber Wendy Davis sat down :)
It was good to see her off of her feet finally
And thank goodness this is over for awhile
Justitia
(9,316 posts)2. TX Dems kicked serious ass today, y'all
I cannot describe to you the fight on the ground we've been engaged in down here.
GOP politics are a bloodsport in TX, and tonight, we won.
jannyk
(4,810 posts)3. And so beautifully done!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)4. A time stamp showing the vote completed after midnight was the deciding factor.
Excerpt below from link on front page of HuffPo...
Besides the article below be sure to check out the current front page of HuffPo. Big headline say: THE BILL IS DEAD
with a photo of the rotunda
-snip-
A time stamp showing the vote completed after midnight was the deciding factor.
-snip-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/texas-abortion-bill_n_3501005.html
mnhtnbb
(31,412 posts)7. So typical of Republicans to try to cheat and lie, revise history, to get what they want.
Only this time they were caught.
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)5. K&R
Lobo27
(753 posts)6. As a Native Texan, reading this brought tears to my eyes.
I knew not everything was lost in my beloved state!!!!