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Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a ...
FBI urged to locate or arrest Texas Democrats who fled state to stall redistricting vote
Sen. Cornyn requests federal investigation into Texas House members who left state to avoid legislative duties, citing ...
Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats
President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic lawmakers leave state
Democratic Texas state rep. Gene Wu weighs in on the redistricting battle as the Texas House fails to reach quorum after several Democrats left the state.
Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map
Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s ...
Texas House speaker ‘confident’ that redistricting bill will be passed in a 'timely manner'
Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...