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Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting

Texas House Democrats return to Capitol, ending walkout over redistricting plan

Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, ending a walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan and paving the way for the map’s passage.

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Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting as California prepares to retaliate

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Texas Democrats return to the state, ending two-week standoff over redistricting

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Texas Senate quickly passes several bills on second special session’s first day

The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott ’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusin...

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Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map

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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass

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Democrats get police escorts to prevent a new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

The tit-for-tat puts the nation's two most populous states at the center of an expanding fight over control of Congress ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Senator Says He Knows Why ‘Trump Is Terrified’

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Texas Democrats return home after redistricting row

Texas lawmakers return home after walking out of legislature and spending two weeks in Illinois to prevent GOP remap

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP.

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Texas Democrats fly home from Illinois, clearing way for Republicans to call vote on redistricting

On Monday morning, the lawmakers boarded a jet at O'Hare shortly after 7 a.m., ending what had been a 15-day hiatus in Illinois.

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Texas House redistricting committee advances bill with new congressional maps

Texas House committee on redistricting voted out of committee Monday evening a new version of a bill with proposed new congressional maps.

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Texas Democrats split: Dozens return, but the holdout lives on in Illinois for almost a dozen lawmakers

No matter what California does, Texas will still lose two Black congressional members. That's still unacceptable, said state Rep. Aicha Davis, D-DeSoto.

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Illinois judge declines Texas AG’s request to enforce arrest warrants in redistricting standoff

A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the absent Texas House Democrats trying to stop a redistricting effort that could net Republicans five seats in the US House.