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Texas House again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, earlier told ABC News Thursday that he believes his caucus would hold out on Friday and once again deny the legisla

CBS News on MSN · 23h

Texas House fails to meet quorum Friday as Democrats continue standoff, head to California ahead of redistricting hearing

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday or face consequences.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 22m

AG Paxton calls on California to aid Texas in arresting House Democrats that left the state

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a California court to recognize civil warrants issued in Texas calling for the arrest and return of House Democrats that left the state to break quorum and prevent a vote on redrawn congressional maps.

GOP, Texas and Democratic state

MSNBC · 17h

'This BS is un-American': Texas Democratic Caucus Chair rips GOP over gerrymander

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now suing to remove from office more than a dozen Democrats who left the state to block the GOP’s rigged congressional map proposal. State Rep. Gene Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chair,

The Washington Post on MSN · 23h

Texas Democrats absent again, as GOP threatens expulsion lawsuit

During a brief session Friday, state House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) announced the chamber did not achieve a quorum, stalling business

Talking Points Memo on MSN · 1d

Abbott Threatens to Add Even More GOP Seats in Texas If Dems Don’t Return

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to expand Republicans’ power grab over the state’s congressional maps even further. If... As we’ve noted, Gov. Abbott earlier this week leapfrogged his own attorney general in trying to get at least one Texas Democrat’s seat declared vacant.

Texas, redistricting

CBS News · 19h

Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas AG seeks to oust absent lawmakers

The redistricting standoff in Texas has taken a sharp legal turn. On Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a sweeping lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court seeking to remove 13 Democratic House members from office.

ABC News on MSN · 23h

Texas state lawmaker on redistricting fight

Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat, reacts to the Texas House failing again to reach a quorum due to Democrats not showing up for a vote on the controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Another day passes without a quorum in the Texas House

Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state last Sunday to stop consideration of a proposed congressional redistricting ...

Texas House, Illinois state senator sue 33 AWOL Democrats in Illinois court

The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional ...

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Texas Republicans escalate attempts to return missing Democratic lawmakers to the state

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking an Illinois court to force the arrest and return of Texas House Democrats who ...

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Texas Republicans fire up the rhetoric, file lawsuits seeking to remove House Democrats trying to block mid-decade redistricting

On Friday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit that asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House ...

The Texas redistricting showdown reaches a critical moment

The next flashpoint in the redistricting standoff between Texas Democrats and Republicans is hours away. Republicans in the ...

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