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Texas House Democrats say they'll end quorum break once California begins redistricting

More than 50 Democratic Texas House members have been out of state for nearly two weeks in an effort to block a Republican-led legislation that would redraw the state's congressional maps. On Thursday,

CNN on MSN · 7h

Texas Democrats signal they are ready to end redistricting standoff and return to state

Texas House Democratic lawmakers signaled on Thursday they are preparing to end their standoff over redistricting and return to the state.

Austin American-Statesman · 5h

Democrats are nearing a return to Texas after quorum break over GOP redistricting

We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” said Caucus Chair Gene Wu of Houston in a statement.

Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General

Newsweek on MSN · 11h

Texas AG Ken Paxton suffers major blow in bid to round up Democrats

Newsweek contacted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who filed the legal petition, for comment via online inquiry forms on Thursday, outside of regular office hours.

Illinois judge denies Paxton’s request to help arrest Texas Democrats

An Illinois judge on Wednesday declined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request to hold Texas Democrats who fled there in contempt. Paxton reached across state lines to seek a ruling that would effectively force the blue state to comply with efforts to arrest the lawmakers and return them to Texas to end their

Texas Public Radio · 1d

Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Dems' walkout

Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats’ walkout.

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Texas Democrats open door to returning under ‘two critical conditions’

Texas state House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and stall a GOP redistricting plan announced Thursday they ...

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Obama praises Democrats who fled Texas redistricting vote as ‘inspiring’

Former President Barack Obama praised a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers for fleeing their state to stop a vote on a ...

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Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C.: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...

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What a second special session could mean for Texas redistricting, flood relief

If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have confirmed they ...

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Illinois court rejects Texas GOP’s effort to order arrest of Democrats who fled state in remap battle

A judge in downstate Quincy said that Illinois circuit courts do not have the “inherent power” to consider the effort by ...

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