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Watch Live: The Texas House is set to reconvene Friday as Democrats continue standoff, head to California ahead of redistricting hearing
After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...
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 ...
California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas
Texas and California — the two most populous U.S. states — are the leading actors in a back-and-forth push to remake the ...
California launches redistricting fight to ‘nullify’ Texas GOP plan, with Dems poised to gain 5 seats
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the Golden State will move forward with a special election in early ...
Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers in Texas redistricting fight
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...
Texas AG files petition with Supreme Court to vacate 13 House Democratic seats
Reversing course, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits in courts in Illinois and Texas in response to House ...
Texas Republicans fire up the rhetoric, file lawsuits seeking to remove House Democrats trying to block mid-decade redistricting
On Friday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit that asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House ...
Another day passes without a quorum in the Texas House
Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state last Sunday to stop consideration of a proposed congressional redistricting ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak with Texas Democrats in California
Newsom has floated a redistricting effort in California as Texas Republicans seek to move forward with their redistricting ...
California’s Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly to the all-Republican state Supreme Court on Friday seeking to ...
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Texas AG files petition to vacate 13 House Democratic seats
On Friday, Paxton filed a petition for writs of quo warranto with the Texas Supreme Court to declare 13 House seats vacant currently held by Democrats who’ve left the state.