Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the state's highest court to remove the Democratic House leader from office, escalating efforts to end the holdout blocking redrawn U.S. House maps ...

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.

Wu was one of dozens of Texas House Democrats to flee the state over the weekend to deny Republicans the quorum they needed to pass its congressional map that would give them five additional pickup ...

The effort comes at the direction of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who would like to hold a statewide special election on Nov. 4 so that ...

For the second day, there weren't enough lawmakers in the Texas House to debate a congressional redistricting map. As state Democrats continue with their holdout, there's now a hard deadline that ...

Powered by People, a Democratic political group started by former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, has emerged as a top funder ...

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...

Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican ...

The State House of Representatives requires a quorum, meaning at least 100 members must be present for official business.

The House of Representatives recess began on July 23 and many lawmakers are spending their first days of what the ...

Gov. Abbott has taken legal action to remove Houston state Rep. Gene Wu from office, in the wake of House Democrats leaving ...