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Texas House ends first special session as Democrats prepare to return home
The Texas House of Representatives concluded its first special session on Friday morning after failing to reach a quorum — the necessary attendance required — to vote on mid-decade redistricting. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled out the first session at 10:04 a.

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Texas House Democrats join Chicago anti-Trump protest in Loop
Texas House fails to make a quorum on 6th attempt as Democrats continue holdout, second special session looms
In Texas redistricting fight, are hardball politics proving a winning strategy?
Democratic lawmakers, who fled the state on Aug. 3 to block a controversial redistricting effort, said Thursday they’re prepared to “bring this battle back to Texas,” after seeing encouraging signs t...

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For Texas Democrats, fleeing to fight redistricting comes at a personal cost
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The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance
Redistricting Fight Continues as Texas Governor Abbott Calls New Special Legislative Session
The Texas House Democrats said in a written statement on Thursday that they will only return to Texas if their state's special legislation is ended and once California's redistricting maps were intro...

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Obama praises Texas Democrats for redistricting fight
Texas Republicans call new special session for redistricting, this time with Democrats expected back
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Texas House Speaker: Absent lawmakers face arrest this weekend

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is warning that any absent lawmakers found this weekend will be arrested and brought back to Austin for the start of the seco

National Day of Action: Protestors against redistricting gather outside Texas Capitol

Texas legislators failed to meet quorum once again today as Democrats remain out of state to prevent redistricting efforts.Outside the state ca

Texas House Democrats accept Skokie official’s invite to north suburban mosque

Exiled Texas State Democratic legislators, who fled to Illinois to block gerrymandering, visited a mosque with a Skokie official.

Paxton seeks to revoke O’Rourke group’s charter over fundraising for Texas House Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is looking to revoke the charter of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) political organization, Powered by People, over its fundraising for Texas House

California Democrats to reveal map giving them five more House seats

The plan by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats is a response to Texas Republicans’ efforts to give themselves five more House seats in their state.

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 Democrats remain out of state.

Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’

Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, warning of a “systematic assault on democracy” spurred by Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas.

The next steps in California Democrats' plan to counter Texas Republicans' redistricting push

California is stepping into a national redistricting battle after President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw maps to maintain their U.S. House majority
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