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It’s been eight days and the majority of Texas House Democrats are still out of state
State Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican with hopes to get elected to the U.S. Senate next year, has filed a lawsuit ...
Texas House to attempt another quorum on Monday as Democrats extend walkout
Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...
Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic walkout hits sixth day
Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...
Stalemate in Texas House continues. Here’s how it ended previously
The events in Austin to stop a Texas redistricting are not happening for the first time. In 2003, Democrats had no way of ...
Texas House fails to make quorum Friday as Democrats’ fight hits fifth day
The chamber lacks enough members on the House floor to hold a vote on a new congressional map that could flip five Democrat ...
Texas Democrats face a “complicated” long game
Members of the Texas House earn only $600 a month, meaning most members maintain a full-time job in addition to their political work — jobs that Texas Democrats will have to stay away from as long as ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...