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Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to remove House Democratic Chair Gene Wu
Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove House Democratic Caucus chair Rep. Gene Wu, of Houston.
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
The Texas House set to reconvene Tuesday. Will Democrats continue to break quorum?
The Texas House is set to reconvene Tuesday afternoon in Austin, but whether or not Democratic lawmakers will be in ...
Texas AG Ken Paxton will ask state courts to declare absent House Democratic seats vacant
If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter, denying state House a quorum
Democratic lawmakers fled to Illinois and other states Sunday in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum when the state House ...
Where Are All the Texas Democrats? What We Know
Texas Democrats have left the state, with many in Illinois, to block a vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan.
Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
The Republican-controlled state House did not have the required quorum for a scheduled vote on the new district maps Monday ...
Déjà vu: Texas House Democrats leave Austin again to halt the legislative process
Texas House Democrats left Austin for Chicago on Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from voting Monday on a ...