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Texas House Democrats release demands for ending quorum-break, returning to Capitol

Texas House Democrats signaled Thursday they will likely return to the state for a second special on redistricting and “take ...
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California pushes left, Texas to the right, with US House control and Trump agenda in play

A political standoff in Texas over proposed House maps that could hand Republicans five new seats is poised to enter a new ...

California pushes partisan plan for new Democratic districts to counter Texas in fight for US House

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts. The move aims to ...

Texas House to reconvene Friday with 2nd special session looming

The Texas House is set to reconvene on Friday in Austin. If Democratic lawmakers continue to hold out, a second special ...

Texas House Democrats lay out conditions to end quorum break, return to state for second special session

Democrats say they'll return to Austin if this current special session ends and if California moves forward with redistricting to balance out what Texas does..

Barack Obama Sends Message to Texas Democrats Over Redistricting Battle

Former President Barack Obama has said he is "so proud" of Texas House Democrats who have fled the Lone Star State to break quorum, preventing the passage of a redistributing bill that would likely ...

Texas Republicans plan another special session to deliver Trump more GOP congressional seats

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confirmed the plans during a brief session Tuesday morning that marked another failure to ...

How Texas redistricting fight could kill THC ban, flood relief bills

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has given quorum-breaking Texas Democrats an ultimatum: come back to Texas or the special ...