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Texas House Democrats flee state in attempt to stall Republican-led redistricting vote
Republican leaders, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, have threatened consequences for absent lawmakers such as fines ...
Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump
Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new ...
Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over ...
Texas Democrats break quorum, leave state in effort to delay congressional maps vote
Texas House Democrats announced they left for Chicago in a last ditch effort to block the vote on Republicans' newly proposed ...
Texas Democrats flee state in bid to block redrawn congressional map
A group of Democrats has fled Texas as part of an attempt to block a Donald Trump-backed redistricting plan that could ...
Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove quorum-breaking Texas Democrats from office
Texas House Democrats flew to Illinois to block Republicans from passing a new congressional map that would boost GOP clout ...
Can lawmakers legally flee the state? Here’s what we know about Texas law on quorum-breaking
Is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in ...
Texas Democrats may leave the state to delay a gerrymandering vote, despite threats of arrests
The Texas state legislature is set to vote on a new state congressional map as soon as this week after President Trump told state Republicans to redraw the lines to help maintain a GOP majority on ...