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Texas 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 state, according to a lawsuit the attorney general filed Friday. It’s the second time this week Paxton has petitioned a state to allow civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House to be enforced outside of state lines.

The Center Square on MSN · 1h

Texas House sues six Democrats absconding in California

Following through on his pledge to use all means necessary to find, arrest and return absconding House Democrats to Texas, the Texas House, led by House

Chicago Tribune · 23h

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 than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

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MSNBC · 19h

'This BS is un-American': Texas Democratic Caucus Chair rips GOP over gerrymander

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now suing to remove from office more than a dozen Democrats who left the state to block the GOP’s rigged congressional map proposal. State Rep. Gene Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chair,

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats absent again, as GOP threatens expulsion lawsuit

During a brief session Friday, state House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) announced the chamber did not achieve a quorum, stalling business

Talking Points Memo on MSN · 1d

Abbott Threatens to Add Even More GOP Seats in Texas If Dems Don’t Return

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to expand Republicans’ power grab over the state’s congressional maps even further. If... As we’ve noted, Gov. Abbott earlier this week leapfrogged his own attorney general in trying to get at least one Texas Democrat’s seat declared vacant.

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CBS News · 21h

Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas AG seeks to oust absent lawmakers

The redistricting standoff in Texas has taken a sharp legal turn. On Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a sweeping lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court seeking to remove 13 Democratic House members from office.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Texas state lawmaker on redistricting fight

Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat, reacts to the Texas House failing again to reach a quorum due to Democrats not showing up for a vote on the controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

Texas House fails to make quorum Friday as Democrats’ fight hits fifth day

The chamber lacks enough members on the House floor to hold a vote on a new congressional map that could flip five Democrat ...

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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 ...

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Beto O'Rourke heads to Fort Worth to rally against Texas GOP redistricting 'power grab'

O'Rourke's Powered by People group has become a top funder for Democrats who broke quorum to prevent a vote on the maps, but ...

Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic walkout hits sixth day

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...

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'The political cost of your absence is rising' | No quorum in Texas House on Friday

Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state last Sunday to stop consideration of a proposed congressional redistricting ...

John Cornyn says FBI has granted his request to help track down Texas House Democrats

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment and has not independently confirmed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s ...

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California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

Texas and California — the two most populous U.S. states — are the leading actors in a back-and-forth push to remake the ...

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Watch Live: The Texas House is set to reconvene Friday as Democrats continue standoff, head to California ahead of redistricting hearing

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday or face ...

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