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Texas senator ends 15-hour filibuster, voting bill passes

by Acacia CoronadoPaul J. Weber
| August 12, 2021 8:03 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday morning in the Democrats' latest defiance over a sweeping GOP voting measure, which then passed just minutes after she wearily left the floor.

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