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Texas Democrats ready to stay in Illinois 'as long as it takes’ to fight GOP congressional maps
The Texas quorum-breakers met in west suburban Warrenville alongside members of Congress from Illinois and Texas on Monday ...
Decamped in Illinois, Texas Democrats say they will not back down from redistricting fight
Texas Democrats in Illinois responded to threats Monday from Gov. Greg Abbott and said that they were prepared to escalate a ...
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Texas Democrats continue holdout in Illinois over redistricting attempt
Texas Democratic lawmakers continued to hide out in Illinois to prevent a redistricting attempt by Republicans.
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
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Pritzker's power play: Texas Democrats take refuge in Illinois
Texas Democrats are hiding out in the Chicago area, skipping Monday's statehouse session on redistricting the Lone Star State ...
Gov. Greg Abbott orders arrest of Texas Dems who fled to Illinois over redistricting vote
Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows announced this afternoon he would sign arrest warrants against any absent Democrat ...
Why Chicago? Texas House Democrats leave the state, head to Illinois amid redistricting battle
With the redistricting clock ticking and national eyes once again on Texas, Democrats are hoping the Windy City will blow ...
Texas governor calls for arrest of lawmakers who fled to Illinois, other states
As House Republicans in Texas tried to take up a controversial redistricting vote, dozens of Democrats from the state were ...
Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of them may even be "felons." ...