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Newsom welcomes Texas Democrats who fled to foil Trump's redistricting plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislative and congressional members stood with Texas state lawmakers in their opposition ...
Texas AG sues to remove Democratic lawmakers who remain absent from legislature
The Texas House again failed to reach a quorum today as Democrats continue their standoff in their bid to block Republicans’ ...
Texas Democrats face Republican deadline to stop standoff or face consequences
Texas Democrats are gearing up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move ...
The Flaw in the Texas Democrats’ Plan
Shame, however, is not an emotion experienced by many politicians these days, least of all ones who answer to Donald Trump.
Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to amp up the pressure on Democrats who fled in redistricting standoff
More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators left the state to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said ...
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Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...
Second bomb threat this week at Chicago-area hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
A Chicago-area hotel, where many Texas Democrats who left the state in protest were staying, was evacuated for the second ...
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...