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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In Battle for House, Democrats Are Calling Up Military Recruits
Aware of its deeply unpopular national brand, the Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of veterans to help ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...