HOUSTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Texas Democratic lawmakers on Monday blocked the Republican-controlled state legislature from advancing a controversial redistricting plan -- widely criticized as a partisa ...

得克萨斯州众议院议长、共和党人Dustin Burrows抨击了这种他所称的“玩忽职守”行为，并誓言民主党议员的缺席只会推迟投票，而不能阻止投票。由于没有三分之二的议员出席，该议院无法进行任何正式议程。

不到一个月后，一场新的党内博弈也悄然展开。 8月初，总部位于华盛顿的“民主党人教育改革组织（D.F.E.R.）”公开表态，呼吁民主党全面接纳联邦教育券政策，包括总统特朗普力推的“纳税人抵免→资助私校”的模式。

尽管民主党人寄希望于休斯敦、达拉斯、奥斯汀以及美墨边境地区的选区调整，能引发温和派选民的反感，但历史的教训是惨痛的。在过去的二十年里，得州民主党人曾多次尝试同样的策略，但都以失败告终。得州共和党人拥有足够票数通过新的选区划分方案。最终，得州民主党人几 ...

一场跨越美国多州的政治对峙正在上演。

VILNIUS, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Monday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas' government and appointed Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius to ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors, has been transferred from ...

Anyways, the earliest media citation of “getting their ducks in a row” is this, according to TheIdioms.com: The earliest known usage of the phrase dates back to the late 19th century. An example from ...