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The Texas House speaker says he signed civil arrest warrants for the Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in hopes of delaying Republicans’ redistricting efforts. Texas Democratic Party Chairman ...
Texas state Rep. Ann Johnson, one of the Democrats who fled the state for Illinois, told CNN’s Pamela Brown that she viewed ...
The Supreme Court noted that partisan gerrymandering claims could continue to be decided in state courts under their own constitutions and laws. But some state courts, including North Carolina’s ...
Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made threats about removing members of the opposition from their seats. Democrats have countered ...
The effort would take aim at maps redrawn in Texas for Republican advantage or in California to help Democrats.
Two GOP lawmakers say they'll offer bills to curtail gerrymandering. They could be in the line of fire if Democrats in states ...
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...
CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman joins Nicolle Wallace to break down the impact of Trump's unprecedented decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her of being ...
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have left Texas in an attempt to block the adoption of redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump ...
Texas Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer, center, and Gene Wu, right—two of the Democrats who fled Texas over a redistricting battle ...
Redistricting typically occurs once per decade in each state following the census. But Texas Republicans broke that tradition ...