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Texas Democrats who left state face paycheck restrictions over redistricting standoff, House Speaker says
Dustin Burrows suspends direct deposits for lawmakers who left the state, intensifying pressure to restore quorum during ...
The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...
FBI granted request to locate fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel has granted his request for the federal ...
Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against state House Democrats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is asking an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw the Texas’s ...
Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit seeking to force Illinois authorities to assist with returning nearly three ...
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...
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 in order to ...
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Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state
The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...
Democrats' Chances of Flipping Congress From Republican Control Next Year
Democrats are leading generic ballot polls, but two experts told Newsweek that may not translate to a 2018-style blue wave.
Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI granted his request to help find absent Texas Democrats
An administration official told NBC News this week that there were no plans to use federal agents to arrest Texas lawmakers ...
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Paxton is investigating Beto O'Rourke's political group for funding Democrats who left state
The Texas attorney general accused the organization, Powered by People, of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democratic lawmakers to travel out-of-state, leaving the ...