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AG Ken Paxton asks Illinois state court to allow for the arrest of Texas House Democrats

Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area this week, Attorney General

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1h

Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

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.

Texas, Trump and Democrats

The Associated Press on MSN · 19m

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 leader Gene Wu needed a means to project his voice — and viewpoints — to a national audience. So he tapped his campaign account to buy a microphone for news conferences.

Reuters · 1h

Texas Democrat scolds Republicans over Trump-led redistricting

During a special committee meeting on Congressional redistricting on Thursday (August 7), Texas Senate Republican Phil King and Democrat Borris Miles took part in a heated debate over adopting a new redistricting map championed by U.

CBS News · 1d

Democratic and Republican Texas lawmakers sound off on redistricting battle

The Texas redistricting confrontation spawned a bomb threat in Illinois on Wednesday, along with threats of a federal dragnet to bring the absent lawmakers back. Democratic Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson and Republican Texas State Rep.

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 ...

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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 ...

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’

Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law enforcement in ...

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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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5 things to know about Texas’ redistricting fight amid House Democrats’ quorum break

Leading Illinois Democrats and the head of the national Democratic party joined Texas House Democrats this week in a call for ...

Texas senator says FBI will help find Democrats who fled the state; Pritzker calls it 'grandstanding'

It's unclear what role federal agents can play in the matter, and there were no reports of FBI activity in the area housing ...

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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 ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Texas Democrats from office. Can he legally do that?

DALLAS — Texas Republicans have threatened to remove from office dozens of Democrats who fled the state to fight a Republican redistricting plan. More than 50 Democrats left Texas to block a quorum, ...

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