Texas Senate outlasts 15-hour filibuster by Sen. Carol Alvarado to pass GOP voting-restrictions bill. The Houston Democrat was on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, ...

By midnight Texas time, it was all over but the parliamentary inquiries. After a nearly 11-hour filibuster attempt by state Sen. Wendy Davis to block sweeping restrictions on abortion, the ...

During Meier’s filibuster, the rules on eating and drinking were considerably more relaxed. “I had some light things like some lemon slices,” Meier said in an interview earlier this year.

The former Texas state senator talks to Teen Vogue about her new position with Planned Parenthood Texas Votes and "The People's Filibuster" of 2013.

Texas Abortion Bill Fails After “People's Filibuster” By CHRIS TOMLINSON and JIM VERTUNO • Published June 26, 2013 • Updated on June 26, 2013 at 12:52 pm BOOKMARKER ...

11:18 a.m.: "Partisanship and ambition are not unusual in a state capitol, but here in Texas, right now," Davis says, launching her filibuster, "it has risen to a level of profound ...

26 Jun 2013, Austin, Texas, USA --- Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, begins a filibuster of SB 5 a bill that would tighten regulations on abortion providers in Texas, on the last day of the ...

Texas abortion bill fails in dramatic late-night session 03:40. Updated at 8:08 a.m. ET. AUSTIN, ... Lawmakers can vote to end a filibuster after three sustained points of order.

Texas state senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster against an antiabortion bill turned her into an overnight sensation. Now can she battle her way to the governor’s mansion?

Details on what constitutes a filibuster and what falls short. ... Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, commanded the floor for 21 hours and 14 minutes in an effort to defund ObamaCare.