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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 in order to grind the legislature to a halt.
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...

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 ...

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 ...
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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

Pa. House Democratic committee passes transit funding again, while a top GOP senator is calling for a short-term budget

The General Assembly is under greater pressure to pass a budget in the next week, as SEPTA announced it needs additional ...

In Battle for House, Democrats Are Calling Up Military Recruits

Aware of its deeply unpopular national brand, the Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of veterans to help ...

Indiana is the next target for the White House’s redistricting push

The White House’s pressure campaign on Republican-dominated states to redraw their congressional maps is poised to escalate ...