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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 to have 13 of those Democratic lawmakers removed from their seats. Paxton is also taking steps to enforce arrest warrants in those democratically-led states to which those absent lawmakers have decamped.
Gov. Greg Abbott promises “special session after special session” to get redistricting plan and other key items passed.
House Speaker Dustin Burrows has issued civil arrest warrants for the absent members found to be in Texas. None has been ...
Texas GOP officials are seeking to enforce civil arrest warrants across state lines for the House Democrats who fled to prevent a Republican redistricting vote.
House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the House on Tuesday and again there was no quorum. Only 95 members were present; 100 ...
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In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistanceSince Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicans’ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional ...
With the Democratic quorum break entering its second week, House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that troopers from the ...
The Texas House of Representatives is attempting to meet again on Tuesday with a quorum to discuss several flooding and disaster preparedness bills.
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...
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