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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As Texas Democrats began their second full day of breaking quorum to prevent the legislature from ...
Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.
At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) called out Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) over ...
Democratic leaders in some states are considering changes to congressional maps in response to an effort in Texas, but such ...
South Texas: The districts currently held by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen would become ...
Rep. Kevin Kiley, who will introduce a bill halting the redistricting, called out Johnson to "show some leadership" during the partisan map-drawing warfare.
Cornyn is asking the FBI to find Democratic lawmakers who left the state, blocking a Texas House quorum to delay a Republican ...
Texas Democrats are entering the third day after fleeing the state to block Republicans from passing a gerrymandered map that would offer the GOP five pick-up opportunities in the House next ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had declared that their exit amounted to an “abandonment or forfeiture of an elected state office,” ...
With Texas House Democrats refusing to come back to Texas as long as redistricting is on the table, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are now lobbing threats. At the beginning of the ...
The Texas House issued arrest warrants for the absent Democrats and Governor Greg Abbott authorized state troopers to track ...