Democratic lawmakers in Texas are fleeing the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting bill that would greatly benefit Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.

This isn't the first time Texas politicians have fled across state lines amid legislative battles under the pink dome.

To conduct official business, at least 100 members of the 150-member Texas House must be present. Democrats hold 62 of the ...

Quorum is the number of members required to be present for the Legislature to conduct business, according to the Texas ...

Texas Democrats pushed back on the Republican effort to rewrite the state’s congressional map by leaving the state Sunday, to ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

Texas House Democrats flee the state to delay a Republican-driven redistricting plan. A vote on a bill is scheduled for ...

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.