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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 in order to ...
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 ...
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.
Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday
The battle between Texas Democrats and the Texas House continues with one more day before lawmakers were told to meet and ...
FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US Senator says
The decision by FBI Director Kash Patel represents the latest escalation between Republicans and Democrats after Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum on the remap vote.
Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort
Opting to use what Texas politicians called a nuclear option, dozens of Democratic members of the Texas House of ...
'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 ...
Why Chicago? Texas House Democrats leave the state, head to Illinois amid redistricting battle
With the redistricting clock ticking and national eyes once again on Texas, Democrats are hoping the Windy City will blow ...
‘They decided to cheat.’ National Democrats, Gov. JB Pritzker vow to do whatever it takes to win redistricting battle
As Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois to try to stop a Republican-led redistricting plan in their state, national ...