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Greg Abbott: “In order for us to be able to pass legislation, it requires…”

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'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled

Published August 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:58

… country to see if we can uncover any Democrats who can be brought back to the state. To put that in context, we have a what's called a quorum break. In order for us to be able to pass legislation, it requires a quorum or 2/3 of the Texas House membership to show up. There are 88 Republicans and we need 100 votes to meet quorum. So we're looking for 12 Democrats to make sure we're going to be able to be able to … (00:58–01:06)

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Asserts that a quorum of 2/3 of the Texas House is needed to pass legislation.

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“Four of the five seats we are adding are Hispanic majority seats that happen to vote Republican.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 04:00-04:06
“We have the authority to pass laws to do this, whereas in both California and New York, it requires a constitutional amendment.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 06:03-06:11
“Texas is not going to do five. We'll add 10 more Republican seats using the same procedure they're using in California.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 06:29-06:36
“Texas law enforcement [is] scouring the state to find out if there's any Democrat in the state of Texas that could be taken at the Capitol.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 00:39-00:45
“There are 88 Republicans and we need 100 votes to meet quorum.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 01:05-01:11
“I'm going to be calling another special session and we're going to be making sure that any Democrat who surfaces in the state of Texas in…”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 01:37-01:50
“What Texas is doing is 100% legal.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 03:21-03:24
“We have redistricted or redrawn the congressional lines in the middle of a decade process before.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 03:24-03:31
“We are ensuring that the people of Our state are going to be represented by members of Congress that share their values.”
'CLOCK IS TICKING': Gov. Abbott issues warning to Texas Dems who fled | Uploaded August 12, 2025 | 04:59-05:07