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Texas House fails to meet quorum Saturday

Read more On Saturday, Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows (R – Lubbock) and Attorney General Ken Paxton said they filed a legal complaint in California. The complaint pertained to the enforcement of arrest warrants issued for legislators who had left Texas and broken quorum.

The Dallas Morning News · 1d

Texas House fails to make quorum Friday as Democrats’ fight hits fifth day

The chamber lacks enough members on the House floor to hold a vote on a new congressional map that could flip five Democrat seats to Republicans.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic walkout hits sixth day

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Texas, Democrats and the redistricting

Texas state House adjourns AGAIN after Democrats scatter in redistricting fight

Texas Democrats on Saturday again prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a Trump-backed plan to redraw Texas' congressional map. That redistricting plan would give Republicans an advantage in keeping control of the House of Representatives in D.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

How Texas Democrats' Walkout Has Launched a Fight Across the US Over Political Maps

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald Trump t

CNN on MSN · 1d

Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas’ redistricting standoff rose to a new level Friday as Democrats once again denied a quorum to allow the House to consider the GOP-led plan and Republicans responded by threatening more punitive action.

5hon MSN

Stalemate in Texas House continues. Here’s how it ended previously

The events in Austin to stop a Texas redistricting are not happening for the first time. In 2003, Democrats had no way of ...

11hon MSN

Texas AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats

AUSTIN, Texas — Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who ...

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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 ...

1don MSN

Republicans are going outside of Texas to try to redraw more US House seats

National Republicans are ramping up their efforts to squeeze out more GOP-friendly congressional seats ahead of the 2026 ...

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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 ...

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John Cornyn says FBI has granted his request to help track down Texas House Democrats

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment and has not independently confirmed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s ...

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Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State

The senator said the federal agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state lawmakers who left the state to try to block a ...

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