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Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the ...
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Texas Attorney General Paxton will ask courts to vacate Democratic lawmakers’ seats
Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.
DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with 'every option on the table'
Texas House Democrats taking refuge in Illinois to break a legislative quorum in their home state, along with Democratic ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sues to remove House Democratic leader amid redistricting battle
Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu removed from office.
Will Texas Democrats’ walkout work?
For months, Democrats have been urging their party to play more hardball in fighting back against President Donald Trump’s ...
Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants
Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...
Trump's redistricting fight could broaden and last a while with Texas and California as epicenters
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Rising Democratic star leads Texas exodus over voting maps dispute
Texas State Rep. James Talarico leads Democratic exodus to Illinois, risking arrest and fines to stop mid-decade ...
Texas Republicans could have a hard time enforcing threats against Democrats who left
Dozens of Texas Democrats had barely left the state to stall a vote on a redrawn congressional map when Republicans started ...