Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions

Phelan spokesman Enrique Marquez stated warrants had been signed for 52 Democrats who didn’t return through the fifth day of the Home’s second particular session, leaving the chamber eight members in need of a quorum. Within the first particular session, Phelan signed a warrant for just one member — Rep. Phil Cortez (D) — who fled to Washington with different Democrats, returned to Austin the place he checked in on the ground, then left once more for D.C.