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Gov. Abbott takes legal action to remove Houston Rep. Gene Wu from office; Wu responds
Gov. Abbott has taken legal action to remove Houston state Rep. Gene Wu from office, in the wake of House Democrats leaving ...
Texas Democrat: Returning home ‘not up to us’
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu (D) on Thursday said Democratic lawmakers would return to the state when their GOP colleagues stop pushing a vote to gain 5 additional House seats before midterm ...
Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...
Abbott asks court to remove Texas Democrat from office after he left for Illinois over redistricting
Governor Gregg Abbott ordered state troopers to find and arrest those Democrats who left the state. But lawmakers dismissing those threats as state authorities are beyond their jurisdiction. Abbott ...
Chicago-area hotel evacuated after bomb threat against Texas Democrats
Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.
Texas Dem lawmakers get security briefing on bomb threat in Illinois
Texas Democratic lawmakers just received a security briefing about a bomb threat in Illinois, one of the states they traveled ...
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker grants Texas Democrats refuge in Illinois, calls Abbott a 'coward'
Gov. Pritzker welcomed a group of Texas Democrats to Illinois after they fled their home state to stop a Republican redistricting effort. Find out more.