First Thing | Texas Republicans to resurrect voting restrictions bill

After Texas Democrats walked out of the state capitol before the bill's midnight deadline, the Republican governor, Greg Abbott, announced he would reconvene the legislature for a special session and include the issue on his agenda

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After a historic show of force from Texas Democrats, in which they walked out of the state capitol before the midnight deadline for a bill described as Jim Crow 2.0" by the left, Republicans are already plotting their next move to resurrect their fight for sweeping voting restrictions.