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Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...
California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas
California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican ...
Texas Democrats who left state face paycheck restrictions over redistricting standoff, House Speaker says
Dustin Burrows suspends direct deposits for lawmakers who left the state, intensifying pressure to restore quorum during ...
Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI granted his request to help find absent Texas Democrats
An administration official told NBC News this week that there were no plans to use federal agents to arrest Texas lawmakers ...
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Rep. Jamie Raskin Says FBI Should 'Refuse' Orders To Track Down Texas Democrats
The Maryland Democrat said the agency "has no legal authority to track down state legislators who are breaking no federal ...