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It’s been eight days and the majority of Texas House Democrats are still out of state
State Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican with hopes to get elected to the U.S. Senate next year, has filed a lawsuit to have 13 of those Democratic lawmakers removed from their seats. Paxton is also taking steps to enforce arrest warrants in those democratically-led states to which those absent lawmakers have decamped.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is preparing to call a second special session to address redistricting if a quorum is not met in the ...
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.
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In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistanceSince Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicans’ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional ...
The Texas house of Representative reconvened on Monday in an attempt at a quorum as majority of Democrats left the state. But only 96 members present, meaning a quorum was not met.
The ruling could deal a significant financial blow to the state Democratic lawmakers who are facing financial penalties and ...
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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the stateThe attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...
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Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party’s ...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...
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