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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’
CHICAGO — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law ...
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 ...
Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...
Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map
Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.
Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...
Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to derail congressional redistricting bill
Texas House Democrats flee the state to delay a Republican-driven redistricting plan. A vote on a bill is scheduled for ...
Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants
Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...