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Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue that leaving the state to halt legislative action qualifies as abandoning an office.

USA TODAY on MSN · 7h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sues to remove House Democratic leader amid redistricting battle

Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu removed from office.

Associated Press News on MSN · 16h

Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the state's highest court to remove the Democratic House leader from office, escalating efforts to end the holdout that is blocking redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump.

Texas, GOP and Democrats

Associated Press News on MSN · 13h

Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by Donald Trump.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

California could slash 5 GOP US House seats, as Texas moves at Trump's urging to pad GOP margin

California Democrats are weighing new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other

Chicago Tribune · 1d

Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with GOP-friendly congressional map

Texas Democrats on Monday successfully prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.

Texas, Democrats and Flee State

U.S. News & World Report · 14h

Photos of Texas Redistricting Standoff as Democrats Flee State

A standoff in Texas over redrawn U.S. House maps escalated as dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled the state to block a vote on a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore up Republicans’ 2026 midterm prospects.

Time on MSN · 1d

Why Fleeing Texas Democrats Likely Won't Stop Republicans

If you’re one of the millions of Texas residents living in a blue state House district, there’s a better-than-even-odds chance your state rep has fled the state. Even if you live in a red district, or really anywhere else in the country,

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Democrats ‘forfeited their seats’: Abbott blasts lawmakers who fled Texas amid redistricting

Greg Abbott doubled down on his promise to expel Texas Democrats from the legislature if they do not return to the state for its ongoing special session, where Republicans are working to push through a new congressional map that gives the GOP five more favorable seats ahead of the midterms.

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Beto O'Rourke's group helping front costs of bolting Texas House Democrats

Powered by People, a voter registration and mobilization group, has been donating to the Texas House Democratic Caucus -- not ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN10h

Texas House committee discusses flood bills despite standstill

Only one Democrat taking part in the quorum break was absent from the panel as the group discussed five bills and the chair ...

11hon MSN

Disaster relief bills get hearing in Texas House but will stall if shutdown continues

A Texas House panel heard testimony on five bills Tuesday meant to provide relief funding and upgrade emergency ...

18hon MSN

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...

12h

Texas House looks to meet on Friday after 2 days without quorum, Abbott's lawsuit and the threat of arrest

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton shared a stern warning aimed at the House Democrats if they don't return to the Capitol by ...

15hon MSN

How Texas' proposed map would affect the battle for the House: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s ...

15h

Texas House adjourns until Friday due to no quorum over redrawn congressional map sought by Trump

The Republican-led Texas House has adjourned until Friday. It was the second consecutive day that absent Democrats forced a ...

17hon MSN

Texas House speaker ‘confident’ that redistricting bill will be passed in a 'timely manner'

Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...

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