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They tried to shut her down because someone helped her put on a back brace
From the Texas Tribune live blog of TX Sen. Wendy Davis' amazeballs filibuster to stop a vote on a horrid anti-choice bill:
7:27 p.m. by Becca Aaronson
If state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, is charged with one more violation of the filibuster rules, her attempt to talk Senate Bill 5 to death could be over.
Davis received her second warning when the Senate voted 17 to 11 to sustain a point of order called by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, on Davis for receiving assistance to put on a back brace.
Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, help Davis to put on a back brace, violating a rule that prevents the filibusterer from receiving outside assistance.
“A filibuster is an endurance contest and it’s to be made unaided and unassisted,” Williams said in defense of the point of order.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst clarified after the point of order was sustained that if three points of order are sustained, a simple majority in the Senate could vote to end the filibuster. With a majority of Republicans in the chamber, that vote would surely succeed, and a vote on SB 5 would follow.
If state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, is charged with one more violation of the filibuster rules, her attempt to talk Senate Bill 5 to death could be over.
Davis received her second warning when the Senate voted 17 to 11 to sustain a point of order called by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, on Davis for receiving assistance to put on a back brace.
Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, help Davis to put on a back brace, violating a rule that prevents the filibusterer from receiving outside assistance.
“A filibuster is an endurance contest and it’s to be made unaided and unassisted,” Williams said in defense of the point of order.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst clarified after the point of order was sustained that if three points of order are sustained, a simple majority in the Senate could vote to end the filibuster. With a majority of Republicans in the chamber, that vote would surely succeed, and a vote on SB 5 would follow.
link to the liveblog: http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/dems-approach-abortion-victory-special-session-wan/#liveblog
link to the Texas Tribune front page where a livestream of Davis' filibuster is streaming live: http://www.texastribune.org
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Governor Wendy Davis has a nice ring to it. 
