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Republicans on the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting passed House Bill 4 on a party-line vote. Democrats can prevent further action by by denying Republicans the necessary ...
This isn't the first time Texas politicians have fled across state lines amid legislative battles under the pink dome.
The map includes redrawn districts that would help defend the Republicans' slim House majority in next year's midterms.
President Donald Trump has championed the redistricting plan, telling reporters he expects the effort to yield as many as ...
Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new ...
HOUSTON — More than 51 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives quietly flew to Chicago on Sunday afternoon, ...
Some of the Democratic legislators fleeing Texas will appear on Sunday evening with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at a press conference.
In a release on Sunday, Democrats said that they were using the "only tool available to stop this assault on our democracy." ...
This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...
Texas Democrats are fleeing the state Sunday in an effort to hinder Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that ...
Plus, the White House defends firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, and nostalgic millennials are having a moment.