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Democratic lawmakers in Texas said they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 ...
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don't return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt to block ...
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...
THE MESS WITH TEXAS: Everything’s bigger in Texas — including the ambition of President Donald Trump’s Republican gerrymander ...
Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.
CNN, WBBM, KVUE, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE TV By Steve Contorno, Aileen Graef, Ed Lavandera, CNN Chicago (CNN) — ...
The state legislature has begun the process of redrawing congressional districts in the state, an effort backed by the Trump administration.
Democratic state House members boarded planes bound for Illinois - deliberately denying Texas legislators the two-thirds quorum needed to vote on a proposed congressional map that would give ...