More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts​.

A second threat was reported Friday at the suburban Chicago hotel and convention center that was housing Texas Democrats in Illinois while battling a redistricting controversy.

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus were evacuated from a Chicago-area hotel early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was reported amid lawmakers' continued out-of-state protest against a Republican-led redistricting plan in the Texas Legislature.