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Texas House set to reconvene as redistricting standoff enters its second week

Members of the Texas House of Representatives will attempt once again to meet a quorum Monday, more than a week into a standoff after Democrats left the state to block a GOP-led redistricting effort.

DC News Now on MSN · 5m

Texas House set to reconvene

From New York to California, Illinois, Florida and Maryland, nine states have joined Texas’s fight to redraw congressional lines. Last month President Trump pushed Texas to change its congressional map to give Republicans five more seats in the U.S. House.

ABC News on MSN · 18h

California Gov. Newsom met with Texas House Democrats

Texas state Rep. John Bucy joins ABC News Live to discuss the Texas redistricting fight. ‘Height of Hypocrisy’: Gerrymandering Sparks Outrage

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CBS News · 17h

Legal battle intensifies over Texas redistricting as Democrats resist proposal

The Texas redistricting battle is intensifying as House Democrats flee the state to block a Republican-drawn map that could flip five congressional seats. The Texas House once again failed to reach quorum on Friday,

Yahoo · 35m

Texas redistricting battle sparks debate over gerrymandering

The Texas House of Representatives is set to reconvene Monday after Democrats fled the state last week to halt a congressional redistricting vote that could give Republicans five more seats. The protest has sparked debate over the practice of gerrymandering,

MSNBC · 1d

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.

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Texas House to attempt another quorum on Monday as Democrats extend walkout

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...

Texas sues in Northern California to force Democratic lawmakers home

The lawsuit was filed in Trump-friendly Tehama County in an effort by Republican leaders to force a redistricting plan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Republican Party of Texas sets stage to censure members who stepped out of line in likely bid to block them from primary ballot

Republicans who are censured by their county party leaders may be blocked from the primary ballot under a new party rule ...

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The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...

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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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