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Texas senator ends 15-hour filibuster over GOP voting bill

by Acacia CoronadoPaul J. Weber
| August 12, 2021 9:27 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday in the Democrats' latest defiance over new voting restrictions, but it only delayed Republicans who went on to approve the sweeping elections bill just minutes after she wearily left the floor.

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