[CA Conservative]

I keep wondering - if they couldn't get the Dems to give them the 2/3 to bypass the blocker bill during the session, why didn't they just call up the blocker bill and either pass it or defeat it, to get it off the calendar? Then teh redistricting coulc have been called up in order, with only a majority vote required to consider it.

[SolidSupplySide]

why didn't they just call up the blocker bill and either pass it or defeat it, to get it off the calendar?

Good question; I like the way you think. It made me think for a little bit.

The Texas Constitution requires 2/3 of the Senators present for there to be a quorum. The Democrats didn't want the legislature to conduct business. Therefore, the Democrats denied a quorum.

There was no blocker bill in the 2nd Special Session. It was purely a quorum issue.