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Democrats, Texas House of Representatives and quorum break

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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 special session.

Texas House Democrats break quorum again by staying out of state

The Texas House again failed to reach the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map that could give Republicans five new seats, after state Democrats forced a legislative standstill.

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

As dozens of Texas state House Democrats near the one-week mark of their quorum break, fleeing the state indefinitely to prevent state GOP leaders from redrawing congressional lines, it's not just politics that loom over the strategy.

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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 ...

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FBI granted request to 'locate' fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says

S en. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel has granted his request for the federal ...

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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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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 ...

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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...

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Texas House, Illinois state senator sue 33 AWOL Democrats in Illinois court

The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional ...

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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

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Texas Gov. Abbott claims FBI is going to search for Texas House Democrats

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that he had heard that the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state ...

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Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin Says FBI Should 'Refuse' Orders To Track Down Texas Democrats

The Maryland Democrat said the agency "has no legal authority to track down state legislators who are breaking no federal ...

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