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Axios on MSN · 39m

Texas Democrats return for 2nd special session

Texas Democrats on Monday returned for a second special legislative session after breaking quorum to block a redistricting vote. Why it matters: The move by dozens of House Democrats to leave Texas amid a GOP push to create five more districts favorable to Republicans sparked a nationwide frenzy and fed into a strategy of maximum retaliation.

CNN on MSN · 55m

Texas Democrats returning to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting

Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort are returning Monday, the caucus announced, ending their 15-day holdout.

CBS Texas on MSN · 3h

Texas House GOP set to resume redistricting effort as absent Democrats expected to return

The Texas House is scheduled to try convening a quorum again at noon, with absent Democrats expected to return.

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Some Texas Democrats leave Illinois as second special session in their state begins

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...

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Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans set to resume redistricting effort

Texas Republicans on Monday aimed to resume pushing through redrawn U.S. House district maps that would carve out a bigger ...

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Texas Democrats in Illinois protesting redistricting return to Saint Sabina, prepare to travel home

Texas House Democrats in Illinois are now getting ready to head back to the Lone Star State. They spent time at Saint Sabina ...

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As Texas Democrats plan Illinois departure, lawmaker hopes daughters will one day see ‘dad fought back’

John Bucy’s older daughter “seemed a little frustrated” with him this week when he wasn’t home to take her to school for her ...

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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’

Gov. JB Pritzker attempted to tamp down the federal law enforcement involvement, describing it as “a lot of grandstanding.” ...

‘We signed up for this’: Texas Democrats in Illinois vow to continue fight against GOP redistricting

Texas Democratic state lawmakers sojourning in Illinois to thwart a redistricting effort put no period on their stay in the ...

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Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois and other northern states to block a Republican-led congressional redistricting ...

Illinois Judge Rejects Request to Arrest and Return Texas Democrats as Lawmakers Plot Comeback

Judge Scott Larson said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton “failed to present a legal basis” for the Illinois court to ...

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Texas Democrats staying in Illinois evacuated over bomb threat

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...

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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The 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 ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...

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