If you’re just arriving, the live stream is over. This is what you missed as the session was ending, with both sides ultimately claiming victory.
UPDATE: 4 a.m. ET: In the end, the bill officially did not pass.______________________
With less than two hours left before the end of the special legislative session, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst decided Senator Wendy Davis had digressed for a third time and called an end to her filibuster. Presently: chaos.
Here is the Texas Tribune’s live blog of the events.
Here’s what happened earlier after the filibuster was halted:
Outside the gallery. #txlege #SB5 pic.twitter.com/KtIfBbNaj5
— Shefali Luthra (@shefalil) June 26, 2013
A sit in has already begun in the Capitol rotunda! #yal #sb5 pic.twitter.com/DmLoTMXPvu
— Kit O'Connell (@KitOConnell) June 26, 2013
11 hours. No food. No water. No bathroom break. No sitting. No leaning. Sen Wendy Davis still in good spirits. #SB5 pic.twitter.com/MsQKjDCNBT
— Lisa Falkenberg (@ChronFalkenberg) June 26, 2013
UPDATE:
AP says it’s over. Somewhere in there, Republicans say the vote happened:
Edit: 3:50 a.m. ET, The tweet here still says the GOP won, but if you click through, the AP story has totally changed now to say that the result is in dispute.
MORE: Texas Senate GOP passes abortion bill after breaking Dem filibuster in raucous end of session. http://t.co/C1vMDVBYjb – VW
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 26, 2013
Ok, last update of the night:
Texas lieutenant governor reverses himself, declares vote on contentious abortion bill came too late to pass – @AP, @MikeStatesman
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 26, 2013
