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Texas, Abbott and Democrats

Texas Gov. Abbott claims FBI is going to search for Texas House Democrats

The redistricting battle in Texas continues to escalate as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed he had heard the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state in protest of proposed new congressional maps.

The Associated Press on MSN · 14h

Texas Governor Asks Court to Remove House Democratic Leader From Office Over Walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congr

Newsweek on MSN · 21h

Texas Democrat Reacts as Abbott Asks State Supreme Court to Remove Him

The chair of the Democratic Caucus in Texas' House of Representatives called Governor Abbott's move "purely insanity."

ken paxton, Beto O'Rourke and Texas attorney general

Houston Chronicle · 59m

Paxton investigating whether Beto O'Rourke's PAC is illegally aiding House Democrats who fled Texas

Powered by People, started by Beto O'Rourke after his 2018 Senate run, has paid for some of the expenses incurred by House Democrats who left Texas to block GOP redistricting.

POLITICO on MSN · 40m

Ken Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke-led group over Texas quorum break

The organization, Powered by People, has reportedly been helping support Texas state lawmakers who fled the state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional map.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 2h

Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke’s political group for funding Democrats who left state

The attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to leave the state.

Texas Democrats, Illinois and Chicago hotel

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a Republican-led redistricting plan.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 5h

Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas Democrats are in Illinois to block a vote on a new congressional map that aims to shore up Republicans power in Congress.

Chron on MSN · 5h

Texas Democrats evacuated from Chicago hotel following security threat

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus were evacuated from a Chicago-area hotel early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was reported amid lawmakers' continued out-of-state protest against a Republican-led redistricting plan in the Texas Legislature.

Texas, Crockett and Dems

MSNBC · 21h

'I need y'all to listen to me': Crockett has a message for Democrats amid Texas fight

Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins to discuss the Texas redistricting fight: “I'm so proud of my former colleagues from the State House, because Texas Democrats, well, we do everything bigger in Texas, including fight as Democrats.

Yahoo · 5h

"We have to engage in this fight": Crockett on why she's proud of Texas Dems

If we are going to preserve our democracy in this moment, this is the way that we have to engage in this fight now.” Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett (D) joins Ali Velshi to discuss the Texas redistricting fight: “I'm so proud of my former colleagues from the State House,

The Economic Times on MSN · 1d

‘Will beat you down’: Crockett erupts over GOP’s Texas redistricting plan, backs Dems who fled state

At a Texas Democrats press briefing in Chicago, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) fiercely criticised the GOP’s gerrymandering plan and condemned the move to issue civil arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block the legislation.

5hon MSN

Can the Texas Democrats Who Fled the State Be Arrested? What to Know

Trump suggested the FBI could get involved in the state standoff, but what are the actual legal repercussions of the ...

23hon MSN

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 ...

Healey steps into national debate over Texas redistricting map, welcomes state Democrats to Massachusetts

Governor Maura Healey hosted 10 Democratic Texas state legislators who left Texas in order to halt Republican efforts to vote ...

19hon MSN

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 ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN12h

House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

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Texas Republicans say 'hunt down' Democrats who are leaving state over redistricting

Texas state House Democrats plan to leave to break quorum of a special session in which Republicans aim to pass a new ...

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