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Texas House speaker ‘confident’ that redistricting bill will be passed in a 'timely manner'
Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...
Live updates: Texas House tries to meet for second day without Dems
Texas Democrats who have taken refuge in blue states to protest GOP-led redistricting in the Lone Star State face civil arrest warrants after missing a legislative session on Monday. Texas House ...
What happens next in Texas redistricting and for Democrats facing civil arrest warrants
Texas Republicans on Tuesday failed again to move forward with their redistricting efforts despite issuing civil arrest ...
Texas Dems gone AWOL may soon be subject to arrest warrants, House Speaker says
Gov. Gregg Abbott says state Democrats who skipped town to derail a GOP-backed redistricting effort could face expulsion from ...
Texas House speaker signs civil arrest warrants for absconding Democrats
After no quorum was reached in the Texas House on Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows voted for and signed motions the House ...
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Texas House Democrats stymie redistricting effort amid protests, arrest threats
A roll call shortly after 3 p.m. revealed that there were only 90 state representatives on the House floor - 10 short of the ...
Sen. John Cornyn calls for FBI to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state: Latest updates
More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows threatens arrests of Democratic lawmakers who left the state
Burrows prepared a motion to place a call on the House, to assign warrants for the civil arrests of Texas Democrats who fled ...
Texas House falls short of quorum after Democrats leave state to prevent Trump-backed redraw of maps
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Joe Scarborough tears into Texas Republicans over redistricting plan: 'idiotic'
Joe Scarborough tore into Texas Republicans over their “idiotic” plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps and “rig the ...