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Texas Democrats welcomed to St. Sabina Church, mark 1 week in Illinois protesting redistricting
There was a big show of support Sunday in Chicago for the Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois last week to protest ...
Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move ...
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 ...
How the Texas Standoff Will (Probably) End
Texas state Democrats had been plotting their departure for weeks. But most weren’t sure they were going—or where they were ...
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.
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 ...
Texas Democrats Leave for Chicago to Block Redistricting Plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its ...
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...
Why Chicago? Texas House Democrats leave the state, head to Illinois amid redistricting battle
With the redistricting clock ticking and national eyes once again on Texas, Democrats are hoping the Windy City will blow ...
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 Legislature to Take Another Swing at Redistricting Vote as Democrats Extend Their Walkout
Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...