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Well, in this episode of Neut's World, Texas state lawmakers earned an impasse after

Texas House Democrats left the state last week to stop the passage of a new congressional

map drawn with the name of netting five more

Republican seats in the U.S. House. The quorum break has left the Capitol in Austin at an impasse.

On Tuesday, the state's top elected officials, Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor

Dan Patrick said the legislature will adjourn its current overtime session this Friday,

and the governor will immediately call another special session.

I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, somebody who I think is in reshaping America

and doing an amazing job, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas. Greg, welcome, and thank you for joining me on Newt's World.

My pleasure. Thank you, Newt.

So, just in news today, you vowed to keep calling special sessions, which can last for 30 days, until the

Democrat lawmakers actually come back home to your state. Would you explain why the quorum is needed

for a special session? Because you have pretty large majorities, don't you?

In Texas, we have good majorities in the House and Senate, as well as we hold every statewide

office. In fact, Newt, you like this kind of

stat. Texas has the longest statewide winning street among Republicans in the United States. We are

undefeated as a Republican Party and statewide elections since 1996. In the Texas House,

there are 150 members, 88 of whom are Republican, and so there'd be 62 of whom are

a Democrat. To have a quorum requires two-thirds of the vote, which means we have to have

a hundred votes to have a quorum for the House to be able to conduct business. So the Democrats

have run away. They have absconded. They're refusing to show up and do their duty.

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