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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 ...

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US senator says

CHICAGO — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law ...
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Lawsuit filed in Illinois court by Texas House, Illinois state senator, against 33 AWOL Dems

The Texas Democrats are protesting a measure filed during Texas' ongoing special session that seeks to create a new map for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...