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Reuters on MSN · 26m

Texas Republicans restrict pay for missing Democrats in redistricting dispute

Texas Republicans on Friday sought to increase the pressure on more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a new congressional map, announcing that absent state House members can only collect paychecks by appearing in person.

POLITICO on MSN · 57m

Texas Republicans: Democrats can pick up their paychecks in person

The statehouse has been without quorum all week for its special session to debate redistricting Texas' congressional map.

HuffPost on MSN · 3h

Greg Abbott Has A New Warning For Democrats Who Fled Texas Amid Redistricting Battle

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to push for even more GOP-leaning congressional seats in Texas if Democrats continue to block a mid-decade redistricting effort sought by President Donald Trump to give his party an edge in the 2026 midterm election.

Democrats, Texas and House

ABC News on MSN · 2h

Texas House fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' redistricting showdown with GOP

Texas Democrats again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show up Friday for a vote on a controversial redistricting plan proposed by Republicans. The GOP-proposed new congressional maps that would give Republicans more seats in Congress -- potentially allowing the GOP to keep control of the U.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 38m

Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff

Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the governor’s authority to make the request.

NBC News on MSN · 5h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to amp up the pressure on Democrats who fled in redistricting standoff

More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators left the state to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said they won't be able to wait out the redistricting push.

43mon MSN

Ken Paxton sues to remove 13 Democrats who fled Texas over redistricting

These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold,” Paxton said in a ...

39mon MSN

Texas AG Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit To Vacate Seats Of 13 Democrats Who Fled State

The lawsuit from Paxton is one of several ways Texas officials have pressured Democrats to return to the state for a vote on ...

2h

Texas Redistricting Fight: Is Any of This Legal?

Democrats have left the state, the Republican governor and attorney general have vowed to remove them from office, and a ...

12hon MSN

The Texas redistricting showdown reaches a critical moment

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

2don MSN

Obama labels Texas redistricting push 'a power grab that undermines our democracy'

Former President Barack Obama accused Lone Star State Republicans of seeking to engage in gerrymandering in "a power grab ...

1don MSN

Texas Democrats evacuate Chicago hotel after bomb threat

Some of the Texas Democrats who left the state in protest of a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated Wednesday from ...

2don MSN

The Democratic governors countering Texas redistricting and federal cuts to vaccine research: Morning Rundown

Plus, Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a minimum security prison sparks outrage, and the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima.

The Texas Tribune on MSN3d

Live redistricting updates: Trump says Republicans “entitled” to more Texas seats

Most Texas House Democrats remain out of the state, depriving the Legislature of its ability to pass new congressional maps ...

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