Sorting Through Details Of SB 1 As Texas House Remains At Standstill

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 15, 2021

For the second day, Speaker Dade Phelan gaveled in, but that and the prayer were the only official business in the Texas House Wednesday while Democrats are in Washington, D.C.

Lawmakers asked about reciting the pledge to the American and Texas flags, but Phelan explained they weren’t allowed to do that under the rules.

But House members, including Phelan, and others in the chamber and gallery began reciting the pledges anyway.

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