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In a dramatic escalation of opposition to redistricting efforts led by Republicans in Texas, the Texas Senate Democratic ...
Because the quorum is broken, the Texas Legislature can’t advance the redistricting proposal or any of the 18 items on the special session agenda.
Early reports indicate that some of the Democrats have fled to Chicago, others to Albany and Boston — all to cities in ...
Republicans on the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting passed House Bill 4 on a party-line vote. Democrats can prevent further action by by denying Republicans the necessary ...
To conduct official business, at least 100 members of the 150-member Texas House must be present. Democrats hold 62 of the ...
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...
Democrats in Texas' House have left the state to prevent the vote on a redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump ...
News 4 San Antonio has learned 51 state Democratic lawmakers have now left the state, which means Republicans will not have ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a digital ad campaign against House Democrats who left the state to upend a Republican-driven redistricting bill. The $750,000 ad buy will target Democrats who ...
Several Texas lawmakers left the state Sunday in order to block a Monday vote on redrawn congressional maps designed to add five Republican seats in the US House of Representatives.
Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.