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Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill

by Acacia CoronadoPaul J. Weber
| August 20, 2021 12:03 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul.

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