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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens indefinite special sessions
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to call a series of rolling special legislative sessions to push the Trump ...
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 ...
Here’s why Greg Abbott, GOP using hardball tactics to bring back quorum-busting Democrats
Greg Abbott is trying to remove and replace the absent Democrats from the Capitol, as well as exploring charging them with ...
Greg Abbott is testing new legal ground in his push to expel absent Democrats
A constitutional law expert says the governor and the attorney general are treading upon separation of powers doctrine .
North Texas lawmaker backs Gov. Greg Abbott's push to oust Democratic "ringleader" over redistricting standoff
Rep. Katrina Pierson says Democrats who fled the state to block redistricting votes should face consequences, as Gov. Abbott ...
Pritzker rips ‘joke’ Abbott on Texas redistricting for ‘licking the boots’ of Trump
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) avoided questions about his state’s congressional maps Sunday by calling out Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) for “licking the boots of his leader, Donald Trump,” by redistricting.
Abbott says fleeing Dems will have to stay out for years to stop new political maps
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) suggested Democrats who fled his state to stop a new set of GOP-friendly maps from being passed would have to stay out of the state for years in order for the tactic to ...