Sacramento’s most trusted supplier of voter data was once a cheerleader for nonpartisan redistricting. Now Paul Mitchell is setting the lines for Democrats’ mid-decade gerrymander of California's congressional map.

Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

House Speaker said he expected the missing members to return by Monday to resume work on redistricting, THC rules and flood responses.

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.

Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

SPRINGFIELD — As national Democrats continue looking for a message that will resonate with the American public enough to put them back in power, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday it could be as simple as: “America is too expensive.”

Former President Obama participated in a call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday as the lawmakers remain out of the state in protest of Lone Star State Republicans’ push to pass friendlier