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Texas Republicans call new special session for redistricting, this time with Democrats expected back

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to push through a redrawing of congressional maps to secure up to five more Republican seats in the US House.

CBS News on MSN · 22h

Texas House fails to make a quorum on 6th attempt as Democrats continue holdout, second special session looms

Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 18h

Texas House ends special session, clearing way for Democrats' return

House Speaker said he expected the missing members to return by Monday to resume work on redistricting, THC rules and flood responses.

Texas, Democrats and redistricting

The New Yorker · 3h

The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping the pressure on from afar.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout

We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu said in a statement.

RealClearPolitics · 18h

Newsom, Dems Try To Out-Trump Texas on Redistricting

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took several years, working across the aisle with Democrats and liberal-leaning nonprofits, to create an independent “citizens” commission to end decades of partisan disputes over gerrymandered congressional districts.

4hon MSN

Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's ...

2don MSN

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.

21hon MSN

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls second special session as Democrats continue holdout over redistricting vote

Abbott called a second special session after the House again failed to reach a quorum amid a Democratic walkout over a ...

1dOpinion

Strategic retreat is a Texas tradition. Why the Democrats' quorum break wasn't a failure | Opinion

Strategic retreats are in the Texas tradition. With Santa Anna in pursuit, Sam Houston ordered one from Gonzales.

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Bomb scares and phony pizza deliveries: Democrats who fled Texas grapple with security threats

The Texas Democratic lawmakers who decamped to Illinois to block a redistricting effort in their state faced threats of ...

1dOpinion

Texas Democratic state legislators are at it again | Andrew D. Hayes

Honestly, the Democratic Party does not occupy the moral high ground in this fight and should quit whining about unfair ...

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