TEXAS — Democrats in the Texas House will not be returning.

“I can tell you with a reasonable degree of certainty that there won’t be a quorum on Friday at 10 a.m. when they gavel in,” said Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City.

What You Need To Know

Without a quorum, the special session will end on Friday, and Gov. Greg Abbott plans to call a second special legislative session

The second special session agenda is expected to be the same as the first, which included regulating hemp-derived consumables, relief for flood victims and creating five new Republican congressional districts

What happens next is entirely up to Abbott, according to Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu, who said the caucus reached a consensus that “Texas House Democrats refuse to give him a quorum

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