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The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 43m

Texas House Democrats stymie redistricting effort amid protests, arrest threats

Business in the Republican-dominated Texas House screeched to a halt in its third week of a special legislative session Monday when Democrats no-showed a critical vote on a GOP-driven plan to redraw congressional districts to further conservatives’ agenda in Washington.

CBS News on MSN · 4h

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 bigger edge — an idea blessed by President Trump.

The Associated Press on MSN · 43m

Trump-backed redistricting map stalls in Texas House after Democrats leave state in protest

Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state's House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by U.S. President Donald Trump to shore up Republicans' 2026 midterm prospects as his political standing falters.

2hon MSN

Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter, denying state House a quorum

Democratic lawmakers fled to Illinois and other states Sunday in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum when the state House ...

7hon MSN

Texas Republican district attorney posts video smoking weed to protest prohibition

A Republican district attorney in West Texas embarked on a highly public campaign to protest the state’s ban on marijuana: ...

1hon MSN

Texas Democrats flee state, echoing Wisconsin lawmakers’ 2011 move to block Act 10

This is not the first time Democrats have fled to protest a vote. It happened in Wisconsin in 2011 in response to Act 10, ...

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