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Texas Democrats, bomb and A Chicago

Second bomb threat this week at Chicago-area hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

A Chicago-area hotel, where many Texas Democrats who left the state in protest were staying, was evacuated for the second time just two days apart due to another bomb threat on Friday.

NBC Chicago on MSN · 15h

Second threat reported at suburban Chicago hotel where Texas Dems were at

A second bomb threat was reported Friday at the suburban Chicago hotel and convention center that was housing Texas Democrats in Illinois while battling a redistricting controversy.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Live redistricting updates: Dems say there was a bomb threat made at their hotel

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left the state to block Republicans from redrawing congressional districts.

Texas, Democrats and Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times · 44m

Texas asks Illinois court to help it round up absent Democratic lawmakers

A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House of Representatives for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.

Chicago Tribune · 11h

Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

POLITICO on MSN · 9h

Texas Democrats fight back in court against Abbott’s bid to remove them

In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative duties, not an abdication of it.

Democrats, Texas House and redistricting

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 5d

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to derail congressional redistricting bill

Texas House Democrats flee the state to delay a Republican-driven redistricting plan. A vote on a bill is scheduled for Monday.

ABC News on MSN · 12h

Texas House fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' redistricting showdown with GOP

Texas Democrats again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show up Friday for a vote on a controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans. The GOP-proposed new congressional maps that would give Republicans more seats in Congress -- potentially allowing the GOP to keep control of the U.

Yahoo · 10h

Texas House again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Texas Democrats again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show up Friday for a vote on the controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans.

Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN21h

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 ...

14hon MSN

The Flaw in the Texas Democrats’ Plan

Shame, however, is not an emotion experienced by many politicians these days, least of all ones who answer to Donald Trump.

14hon MSN

Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...

5don MSN

Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

13hon MSN

Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

Texas senator says FBI will help find Democrats who fled the state, Pritzker calls it 'grandstanding'

The request sets the stage for an escalation of a war between the Trump administration and Illinois Democrats, with Gov. JB ...

1don MSN

Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that if Democrats don't return to Austin on Friday, they will be fired.

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