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The arrival of three Democrats in Austin effectively ended their party's 38-day-old walkout over the Republican voting bill in the Texas Legislature.

Thursday, August 19, 2021 8:00 PM EST

More than 50 Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives went to Washington, D.C., last month in a last-ditch effort to prevent a restrictive voting measure from passing in the Republican-dominated Legislature.

When it began on July 12, few believed that their walkout would last this long.

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