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Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats to warn redistricting fight is a threat to whole country

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joined Texas Democrats to warn that the redistricting fight in the Lone Star State is the first sign of a threat to the whole country.

Yahoo · 23h

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats to discuss redistricting fight

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is joining Texas Democrats to discuss the harm they say the state’s plan for a mid-decade redistricting could have on the country.

Chicago Sun-Times · 16h

Sen. Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats in denouncing GOP remap try: ‘This is an American issue’

Durbin was originally supposed to speak alongside the lawmakers last week, before a bomb threat was reported at the hotel some of the Texas representatives were staying at.

FBI, JB Pritzker and Texas

Chicago Tribune · 3d

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’

Gov. JB Pritzker attempted to tamp down the federal law enforcement involvement, describing it as “a lot of grandstanding.”

The Independent on MSN · 1d

‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday refuted claims that President Donald Trump could force Texas Democrats to return to their state and cooperate with a Republican redistricting effort, insisting FBI agents had no jurisdiction to enforce Texas law in his state.

Yahoo · 1d

Pritzker on GOP’s FBI arrest threats: ‘Texas law does not apply’ in Illinois

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Sunday it would be illegal for President Trump to order the FBI to arrest Texas state Democratic officials for fleeing their state to halt Republican redistricting efforts.

The Texas Tribune1d

Paxton, Burrows ask 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 ...

14mon MSN

Texas GOP seeks to ‘domesticate’ rogue Dems for breaking quorum through nationwide civil arrest warrants

Texas GOP officials are seeking to enforce civil arrest warrants across state lines for the House Democrats who fled to prevent a Republican redistricting vote.

17hon MSN

Texas Gov. Abbott decries ‘runaway Democrats’ as redistricting standoff enters its second week

Democratic lawmakers in Texas once again thwarted the Republican redistricting effort in the state when the Texas House of ...

22hon MSN

Texas House Democrats remain out of state as redistricting showdown continues into second week

The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...

6don MSN

Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot

Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 ...

Texas asks Illinois court to help it round up absent Democratic lawmakers

A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House ...

Texas Democrats in Illinois, Rainbow PUSH celebrate Voting Rights Act

Texas House Democrats in Illinois say they are committed to staying out of their state until the special session ends August ...

4don MSN

Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump's redistricting plan

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...

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