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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

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