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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 ...
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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 ...

Beto O'Rourke's group helping front costs of bolting Texas House Democrats

Powered by People, a voter registration and mobilization group, has been donating to the Texas House Democratic Caucus -- not ...

California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map to Counter Texas G.O.P.

As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with ...
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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

Arrest warrants issued for Texas House Democrats breaking quorum to block GOP redistricting vote

Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants Monday for the more than 50 Democrats who fled Texas to ...

Pa. House Democratic committee passes transit funding again, while a top GOP senator is calling for a short-term budget

The General Assembly is under greater pressure to pass a budget in the next week, as SEPTA announced it needs additional ...
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Abbott’s bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants ...

Texas Senate will keep passing bills until House Democrats return, Patrick says

While House Democrats remain absent from their legislative responsibilities, the Texas Senate continues to pass bills on the ...

In Battle for House, Democrats Are Calling Up Military Recruits

Aware of its deeply unpopular national brand, the Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of veterans to help ...

Indiana is the next target for the White House’s redistricting push

The White House’s pressure campaign on Republican-dominated states to redraw their congressional maps is poised to escalate ...