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Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ANDREW DeMILLO Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from ...
Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers head to Illinois in protest against redistricting plan
A plane load of Texas Democrats arrived in Illinois on Sunday in a rarely used act of political maneuvering.The group left ...
Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over ...
Texas House Dems plan to flee to stop block congressional maps; some to appear with Pritzker Sunday
Some of the Democratic legislators fleeing Texas will appear on Sunday evening with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at a press conference.
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FOX SA News learns: Enough Dems leave Texas to stop GOP vote on redistricting
FOX SA News has learned 51 state Democratic lawmakers have now left the state, which means Republicans will not have enough lawmakers present Monday to conduct ...
Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on gerrymandered congressional map
Democrats in the Texas House have fled in an attempt to prevent a vote Monday on Trump-backed maps designed to add GOP seats ...
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Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort
The Texas Democrats were scheduled to be met by a supportive Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker upon their arrival in Chicago.