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Texas Democrats face deadline to return or face GOP expulsion lawsuit

A brawl over redrawing congressional lines in Texas has set off a nationwide political clash. Inside the state, Attorney General Ken Paxton and fellow Republicans have said Democrats must return by Friday.

Fox Business · 1d

GOP lawmaker calls to arrest fleeing Texas Dems: 'This is not Democratic'

S.C., reacts to Gov. Greg Abbott suing to remove Texas’ Democratic Caucus chair after Dems fled a redistricting vote and weighs in on the GOP's efforts to speed up confirmations for President Donald Trump’s stalled nominees.

Wall Street Journal · 20h

FBI Will Help Track Down Democratic Texas Lawmakers, Cornyn Says

Dozens of Democratic legislators fled Texas to block GOP from voting on legislation that would allow for a redrawing of the congressional map.

Texas, Democrats and Bomb threat

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts.

USA TODAY · 23h

Texas Democrats face bomb scare, arrest threats amid gerrymandering standoff

Texas Democratic lawmakers were evacuated from a Chicago area hotel after a bomb threat amid a standoff over a controversial redistricting plan.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois faced bomb threat, police say

Four hundred people were evacuated from the hotel where they were staying, but they were allowed to eventually return.

20hon MSN

Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that if Democrats don't return to Austin on Friday, they will be fired.

10hon MSN

AG Ken Paxton asks Illinois state court to allow for the arrest of Texas House Democrats

Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area ...

10h

Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows filed suit in a heavily Republican, rural part of the ...

19h

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US senator says

CHICAGO — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law ...

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 ...

13hon MSN

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 to grind the ...

4don MSN

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to derail congressional redistricting bill

Texas House Democrats flee the state to delay a Republican-driven redistricting plan. A vote on a bill is scheduled for ...

4don MSN

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.

17hon MSN

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

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

2don MSN

Democrats who fled Texas are racking up a huge bill. Who is paying the tab?

AURORA, ILL. – Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block GOP redistricting have been very open about their effort, ...

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