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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 ...
Texas Democrats fight back in court against Abbott’s bid to remove them
In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative ...
Will this Houston lawmaker lose his seat over a protest?
State Rep. Gene Wu, a Houston Democrat, has until 5 p.m. Friday to formally respond to the emergency petition.
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 ...
"They're desperate": TX Rep. on Republican efforts to punish Democrats who left the state
"They're desperate, and they're flailing, and they're trying to look tough to their people, and they're trying to scare us, ...
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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 ...
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 to grind the ...
'This BS is un-American': Texas Democratic Caucus Chair rips GOP over gerrymander
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now suing to remove from office more than a dozen Democrats who left the state to block the GOP ...
Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...