The Texas abortion bill failed


Even though the Republicans in the Texas Senate tried their best to cheat, the bill still failed.

The final outcome took several hours to sort out.

Initially, Republicans insisted the vote started before the midnight deadline and passed the bill that Democrats spent the day trying to kill. But after official computer records and printouts of the voting record showed the vote took place Wednesday, and then were changed to read Tuesday, senators retreated into a private meeting to reach a conclusion.

At 3 a.m., Dewhurst emerged from the meeting still insisting the 19-10 vote was in time, but said, “with all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn’t sign the bill” and declared it dead.

Still insisting the vote was in time despite what the pesky record showed. Self-justification much?

Comments

  1. Andrew B. says

    “But after official computer records and printouts of the voting record showed the vote took place Wednesday, and then were changed to read Tuesday,”

    Wait a minute, isn’t that a crime? Or at least against the rules? They’re saying someone tampered with the computer records? Shouldn’t there be some punishment? Or have I misunderstood the sentence? Aren’t I asking a lot of questions?

  2. says

    official computer records and printouts of the voting record showed the vote took place Wednesday, and then were changed to read Tuesday

    Wouldn’t that have to be a crime of some sort?

  3. machintelligence says

    Wouldn’t that have to be a crime of some sort?

    Only if the Democrats had done it. */snark*

  4. says

    Gawker has a link to a tweet with the relevant law:

    Sec. 37.10. TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. (a) A person commits an offense if he:

    (1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record;

    (2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine governmental record;

    (3) intentionally destroys, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental record;

    (4) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with intent that it be used unlawfully;

    (5) makes, presents, or uses a governmental record with knowledge of its falsity; or

    (6) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with knowledge that it was obtained unlawfully.

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