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Democrats, Texas and Illinois

Newsweek on MSN · 35m

Texas AG Ken Paxton Suffers Major Blow in Bid to Round Up Democrats

Newsweek contacted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who filed the legal petition, for comment via online inquiry forms on Thursday, outside of regular office hours.

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 16h

Illinois judge rules against Ken Paxton in his effort to have Texas House Democrats arrested

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest of a congressional redistricting map, a state judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling,

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 17h

Illinois court rejects Texas request to enforce arrest warrants against House Democrats

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to take up the issue.

Texas, Democrats and redistricting

NBC News on MSN · 16h

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory. But Republicans are poised to call another.

CBS News on MSN · 20h

House Democrats who left Texas to block redistricting are discussing when they will return

Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

New York Magazine on MSN · 23h

Are Texas Democrats Giving Up the Redistricting Fight?

Reports have suggested the absent lawmakers are considering a return to Texas, while a statement from the caucus insists a decision has not been made.

Texas House of Representatives, GOP and state Senate

CBS News · 21h

Texas Senate passes GOP-favored redistricting map

Texas state senators passed the controversial congressional redistricting map that could give Republicans five more seats. Meanwhile, the Texas House of Representatives says it will wrap up its special session on the redistricting map if a quorum can't be reached by Friday morning.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

Texas state Senate passes new Republican drawn congressional map as House Dems remain on the lam

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House Democrats remain out of state.

Texas map could be redrawn to add 8 new GOP seats

The Texas House failed to reach quorum for the fifth time today as most House Democrats remain out of the state amid the GOP's redistricting push. MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend and Puck Congressional Correspondent Abby Livingston join Katy Tur to break down President Trump's search for more Republican seats.

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Illinois court rejects Texas GOP’s effort to order arrest of Democrats who fled state in remap battle

A judge in downstate Quincy said that Illinois circuit courts do not have the “inherent power” to consider the effort by ...

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Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C.: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...

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Texas Democrats weighing whether to return to state and end redistricting standoff, sources tell CNN

Texas Democratic lawmakers are currently holding a members-only meeting and discussing next steps as they weigh how long to ...

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