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Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois and other northern states to block a Republican-led congressional redistricting ...

Texas state Senate passes new Republican drawn congressional map as House Dems remain on the lam

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House ...

Texas House Democrats may return after first special session is over

After the Texas House didn’t reach a quorum on Tuesday, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said absconding House Democrats ...

Texas House Democrats threaten to return only under certain conditions

Ahead of the House convening on Friday, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said they will return to Austin when their ...

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Gene Wu discusses the Democrats' demands to return to Austin

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Gene Wu tells Jack Fink the two terms they set for their return to the state Capitol are the goals they've had from the beginning when deciding to break quorum.

Obama takes part in call with Texas Democrats

Former President Obama participated in a call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday as the lawmakers remain out of the state in protest of Lone Star State Republicans’ push to pass friendlier ...

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 ...

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 ...