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Texas GOP now faces clear path to redraw congressional maps in Trump-backed push

Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 15h

Texas Republicans’ redistricting map: How the GOP could increase its stronghold.

The proposed congressional districts are fueling a redistricting battle at the Texas Capitol and could have national consequences. A bipartisan war is already brewing across the U.S.

USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

Texas Democrats return home, ending redistricting standoff against GOP

The protest temporarily blocked House Republicans from having a quorum to move the redistricting plan forward and drew national attention to President Donald Trump's effort to avo

Texas House, Police Escort

CNN on MSN · 3h

Democratic Texas lawmaker spent night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

CBS News · 48m

Democrat lawmaker locked in Texas House chamber after refusing police escort

The Texas House reached a quorum Monday after dozens of Democrats who left the state to block the vote on a GOP-favored congressional redistricting plan returned to Austin. The Democrats were asked to sign "permission slips" so they could be escorted by state troopers to ensure they would return when the session reconvenes Wednesday,

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

Democrats Get Police Escorts to Prevent a New Redistricting Walkout as California Moves to Retaliate

Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House map

The Texas Tribune on MSN8d

Republican Party of Texas sets stage to censure members who stepped out of line in likely bid to block them from primary ballot

Republicans who are censured by their county party leaders may be blocked from the primary ballot under a new party rule ...

19hon MSN

Texas House committee advances new congressional map hours after Democrats' return to Austin

State Rep. Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi Republican, introduced the new map and was open about how the changes are meant to ...

10hon MSN

Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effort

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

48mon MSN

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

Republican Party of Texas wants to expand redistricting to Texas House

Chairman Abraham George recently traveled to Illinois to join Republicans there in denouncing Texas Democrats.

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Texas lawmaker in redistricting fight spends night in Capitol to avoid police monitor

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police ...

Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State ...

Survey: Paxton, O’Rourke hold early leads in fiercely divided Texas Senate primaries as Trump’s endorsement looms large

A new survey from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University sheds light on ...

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Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

The chairman of the state Democratic Party said the lawmakers “are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts.” ...

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