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Watch Live: The Texas House is set to reconvene Friday as Democrats continue standoff, head to California ahead of redistricting hearing

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday or face consequences.

NPR · 21h

Texas House Democrats break quorum again by staying out of state

The Texas House again failed to reach the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map that could give Republicans five new seats, after state Democrats forced a legislative standstill.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 3h

Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff

Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the governor’s authority to make the request.

Texas, redistricting

CBS News · 49m

Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas AG seeks to oust absent lawmakers

The redistricting standoff in Texas has taken a sharp legal turn. On Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a sweeping lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court seeking to remove 13 Democratic House members from office.

ABC News on MSN · 4h

Texas state lawmaker on redistricting fight

Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat, reacts to the Texas House failing again to reach a quorum due to Democrats not showing up for a vote on the controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans.

MSNBC · 21h

'Our democracy is being stolen right before our very eyes': Texas lawmaker warns about the state's redistricting fight

Texas, said Thursday that the FBI approved his request for federal law enforcement to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block GOP redistricting efforts. State Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer and Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos,

4hon MSN

Texas House again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, earlier told ABC News Thursday that he believes his caucus would hold out on Friday ...

3hon MSN

AG Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House Democrats who broke quorum

The Texas Supreme Court should vacate the seats of 13 state House Democrats who left the state vacant, Attorney General Ken ...

22m

Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday warned they would escalate efforts to end a nearly weeklong holdout by ...

2hon MSN

California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

Texas and California — the two most populous U.S. states — are the leading actors in a back-and-forth push to remake the ...

WFMJ3m

California's Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly to the all-Republican state Supreme Court on Friday seeking to ...

2hon MSN

'The political cost of your absence is rising' | No quorum in Texas House on Friday

Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state last Sunday to stop consideration of a proposed congressional redistricting ...

1don MSN

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 ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN4h

Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...

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