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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 ...
Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants
Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...
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 ...
AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats
Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who are staying in ...
Texas Democrats in Boston to protest Republican redistricting bill say they're "spreading the word," not fleeing
The Texas redistricting battle landed on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston Wednesday.
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit To Vacate Seats Of 13 Democrats Who Fled State
The lawsuit from Paxton is one of several ways Texas officials have pressured Democrats to return to the state for a vote on ...
Networks pounce on Republican redistricting. They didn’t care when Democrats did it
Texas Democrats travel to blue states to block redistricting quorum as networks demonstrate double standard in covering ...
Demonstrators protest in Austin as civil arrest warrants for Democrats who left the state
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
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Democrats bracing for massive protests at party’s August convention
As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists are ramping up plans for a major show of force at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, increasingly ...
Casar, Doggett lead protest of Abbott’s threat against quorum-busting Democrats
At the governor’s mansion Monday evening, about 100 Texans hastily gathered to cheer for quorum-busting statehouse Democrats ...