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Texas Democrats in Boston to protest Republican redistricting bill say they're "spreading the word," not fleeing
The Texas redistricting battle landed on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston Wednesday.
Texas GOP AG says prosecuting Democrats who fled state will be a 'challenge'
Texas governor says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state, but that might be a challenge and ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
‘RiggedDistricting’: Lawmakers from Texas, nationwide, warn of GOP attack on voting rights
In public appearances across Boston this week, the Texas Democrats warned that the GOP-led effort to effectively erase five ...
Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'
Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...
Texas Democrats fleeing to block GOP map echoes 1924 in Rhode Island
Legislators of one political party crossing state lines to avoid arrest happened here in Rhode Island 101 years ago – only it ...
Texas Democrat compares Holocaust to GOP redistricting plan
Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones used extreme language in defending Democrats' decision to flee the state to avoid a vote on a GOP-led redistricting plan on Don Lemon's show. She later apologized.
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 in order to ...