Virtually all legislative or governmental bodies, from your local school board to Congress, have a quorum rule.

The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full ...

Early reports indicate that some of the Democrats have fled to Chicago, others to Albany and Boston — all to cities in ...

The walkout was a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President ...

Texas Democrats are fleeing the state to block a redistricting vote that could give Republicans five new U.S. House seats in ...

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

In a move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the State House of Representatives are heading ...

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday in an effort to hinder Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost ...

HOUSTON — More than 51 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives quietly flew to Chicago on Sunday afternoon, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five ...

Texas Democrats pushed back on the Republican effort to rewrite the state’s congressional map by leaving the state Sunday, to prevent a quorum needed to advance the measure in the Texas House.