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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 states to retaliate.

Newsweek on MSN · 4d

Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

Bloomberg on MSN · 3d

Texas Democrats Leave for Chicago to Block Redistricting Plan

Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting initiative pushed by President Donald Trump to help retain GOP control of the US House of Representatives in the midterms.

Democrats, Paxton and Texas Attorney General

NBC News on MSN · 12h

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 Legislature to a halt.

Austin American-Statesman · 10h

Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows filed suit in a heavily Republican, rural part of the Democratic-led state.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 12h

Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

2hon MSN

The Texas redistricting showdown reaches a critical moment

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

1don MSN

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move ...

Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...

14h

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

3don MSN

'This is nothing short of blatant racism' | Texas Democrats speak from Chicago after leaving to break quorum

This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

11hon MSN

The Texas gerrymandering showdown is about to get even messier

Things are messy and only getting messier. To understand the showdown in Texas — and its stakes for the rest of the country — ...

16h

Texas Senator John Cornyn says FBI director agreed to assist in finding Texas Democrats

U.S. Senator John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in ...

16h

Americans are moving into Texas cities a new study reveals

The study analyzed the top 50 city-to-city migration paths based on online searches for relocations, revealing that big cities continue to attract Americans despite high costs of living. New York City ...

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