Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

The candidate in this case is Wendy Davis, who's running an underdog campaign for governor of Texas. Davis rose to national (and Texas-wide) prominence for staging an 11-hour filibuster against a ...

Texas Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis may have blocked restrictive new abortion regulations with her epic, 11-hour filibuster, but her victory could be short lived. Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday ...

Ross Douthat points to the pitiful softball interview ABC’s This Week conducted with Texas Democrat Wendy Davis about her pro-abortion filibuster, and the overall adoring coverage from the ...

To filibuster a bill, the senator has to speak for a great length of time to prevent the legislation from being passed. With this case, Wendy Davis started at 11.18am and attempted to talk for 13 ...

Following her failed filibuster, Davis received fawning coverage from much of the mainstream media. Many journalists were more interested in asking Davis about the pink running shoes she wore ...

Wendy Davis' (D) dramatic 11-hour filibuster of a restrictive abortion bill. For the DOMA analysis, Oliver brings out regular correspondents Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, and Al Madrigal. Bee mocks ...

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A controversial Texas abortion-related bill was finally declared dead at 4:01 a.m. ET, the work of hours of a standing, talking filibuster by 50-year-old Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D).