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Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the Legislature that started last month to take up the redistricting effort that President Donald Trump has urged.

Fox News · 2h

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to avoid redistricting vote

Texas House Democrats spoke during a news conference in Chicago after fleeing the state to avoid voting on a redistricting proposal. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker showed support for the move and called them "courageous.

UPI on MSN · 7h

Texas Democrats flee state over GOP-drawn House maps

Texas Democrats have fled the Lone Star State in an effort to block Republicans from advancing state House maps that advantage the GOP by five seats.

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Texas Democrats in Illinois to protest redistricting plan

Governor JB Pritzker has arranged for roughly 30 Democratic lawmakers to stay in Illinois for the week. Politico was first to ...

9hon MSN

Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers head to Illinois in protest against redistricting plan

A plane load of Texas Democrats arrived in Illinois on Sunday in a rarely used act of political maneuvering.The group left ...

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Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting

In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of them may even be "felons." ...

8hon MSN

Greg Abbott threatens to remove, replace House Democrats who fled Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a threat. If Democrats who left the state to block a redistricting bill are not at the ...

56mon MSN

Maddow Blog | Texas Democrats leave the state, hope to derail Republicans’ radical redistricting scheme

Ahead of a vote on the Republicans' radical redistricting gambit, Texas Democrats played their final card: They fled the ...

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