The bill is now headed to the Texas House for a vote on the floor; the House will begin with the bill on Monday, according to ...

In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor wartime powers, depriving the ...

Texas House Democrats left Austin for Chicago on Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from voting Monday on a ...

Some of the Democratic legislators fleeing Texas will appear on Sunday evening with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at a press conference.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has threatened to arrest members of the legislature as over two dozen Democrats abscond to ...

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

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

Texas Democrats and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker are set to speak at a news conference at 8:15 p.m. Watch live in the player ...

Texas House Democrats are leaving the state to deny quorum, marking the second time in four years. They say the move is ...

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.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) urged his party to "fight back" on Sunday as Democratic legislators left the Lone Star State.

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.