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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 ...
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 ...
FBI granted request to 'locate' fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
S en. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel has granted his request for the federal ...
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 ...
Texas House, Illinois state senator sue 33 AWOL Democrats in Illinois court
The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional ...
Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit seeking to force Illinois authorities to assist with returning nearly three ...
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 ...
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 ...
'We won't be intimidated' | Texas Democrats evacuated from hotel after reported bomb threat
Two state representatives said they were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning. Police are investigating.