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Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move ...
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Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...
AG Ken Paxton asks Illinois state court to allow for the arrest of Texas House Democrats
Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area ...
Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...
FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’
CHICAGO — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law ...
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 ...
Texas Democrats face bomb scare, arrest threats amid gerrymandering standoff
Texas Democratic lawmakers were evacuated from a Chicago area hotel after a bomb threat amid a standoff over a controversial ...
Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to derail congressional redistricting bill
Texas House Democrats flee the state to delay a Republican-driven redistricting plan. A vote on a bill is scheduled for ...
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Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled state evacuate Illinois hotel after bomb threat
A bomb threat was made at the Illinois hotel where Texas Democratic lawmakers are staying after fleeing the state to block a ...
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...
'We won't be intimidated' | Texas Democrats evacuated from hotel after reported bomb threat
Two state representatives said they were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning. Police are investigating.
Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that if Democrats don't return to Austin on Friday, they will be fired.