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Texas, redistricting

CNN on MSN · 13h

What to expect next in Texas’ redistricting standoff and whether Democrats can be expelled

Both Texas Republicans and Democrats are ratcheting up their rhetoric over proposed US House maps that could give the GOP five more seats. But the action in Austin is stalled for now.

USA TODAY on MSN · 8h

How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week.

KLST San Angelo on MSN · 3h

Expert breaks down politics behind Texas redistricting battle

Have questions over redistricting? We talked with an expert from UofH to gain a clearer understanding of what’s happening ‘between the lines’ of this historical time in Texas

Texas, Democrats

FOX News on MSN · 21m

Texas residents say ‘there should be consequences’ for Dems fleeing state to avoid vote

Local Houston residents reacted to Democratic state lawmakers fleeing Texas over the congressional district map vote as Gov. Greg Abbott calls for their arrest and return.

POLITICO on MSN · 13h

Texas Democrats could be fined nearly $400,000 for fleeing the state

Texas Democrats stand to be fined nearly $400,000 for fleeing the state in a gambit to stop Republican-led redistricting. And should they stay away during potential successive legislative sessions this year,

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Daily Briefing: An order to arrest Texas Democrats

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Texas law enforcement to arrest Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on redistricting that could give Republicans several more seats in the U.

2hon MSN

Then-Sen. John Whitmire restored quorum in 2003, allowing mid-century GOP redistricting of Texas

A coalition of Texas Democrats recently fled to Chicago to block a similar redistricting effort by Republican lawmakers.

23hon MSN

Texas governor asks court to remove Houston rep from office over breaking quorum

Greg Abbott has raised the stakes in a heightening political showdown-calling for the removal of Texas Rep. Gene Wu (D- ...

Click2Houston1h

Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870

While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had ...

Texas Democrat Greg Casar warns Trump-backed redistricting threatens voting rights

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar's job is threatened by Republicans' new redistricting plan. He says the map was drawn by Trump's ...

Texas House Democrats evacuated from Illinois hotel after bomb threat

The lawmakers are among the group that fled the state to prevent a Republican-backed redistricting plan from coming to a vote ...

1don MSN

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...

1don MSN

Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter, denying state House a quorum

Democratic lawmakers fled to Illinois and other states Sunday in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum when the state House ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN21h

Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue that leaving the state to halt legislative action ...

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