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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...

How Texas' proposed map would affect the battle for the House: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s ...

Texas House working on disaster recovery bills in response to Hill Country flood

Despite reaching no quorum on Tuesday, Texas House members worked on disaster recovery bills in response to the July 4 Hill ...

Beto O'Rourke's group helping front costs of bolting Texas House Democrats

Powered by People, a voter registration and mobilization group, has been donating to the Texas House Democratic Caucus -- not ...