Texas Republicans Advance Election Integrity, Fairness in Women's Sports Bills; Move to Arrest AWOL Dems

Raymond Wolfe : Jul 15, 2021
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"Hard to imagine a more delusional group of people—thinking that lying about these bills, hopping on a chartered flight, sipping beer, and skipping work is 'sacrifice.' You guys are pathetic." -Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Navy SEAL veteran, tweeted about the Democrats who left the state to try to block the vote on election integrity.

(Austin, TX) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Texas senators are advancing election reform and transgender sports bills, as their House colleagues move to arrest Democrats who fled the state this week to block election integrity efforts in the lower chamber. (Screengrab image: TX Gov. Abbott)

On Tuesday, the Republican-led state Senate passed Senate Bill 1, which requires absentee voters to provide a form of identification, like a driver's license or social security number. Other provisions include bans on drive-thru voting and 24-hour voting, changes to early voting hours, new protections for poll watchers, and a ban on unsolicited mail-in ballot applications. 

S.B. 1 additionally requires that voter rolls be reviewed on a monthly basis for illegal immigrant voters, according to the Texas Tribune. The bill passed 18-4 yesterday, along party lines. The senate maintained a two-thirds quorum, even though nine Democrats fled to Washington, DC, on Monday with fellow Democrats from the House, the Texas Tribune said. 

Senators also moved forward with legislation earlier this week to ban transgender biological males from competing against females. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Monday approved the bills, Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 32, with a 6-0 vote, Breitbart reported.

The two bills would ban public schools and higher education institutions from letting students compete on teams "designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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