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Texas Democratic legislators leave the state in dispute over redistricting
Both houses of the Texas legislature are controlled by Republican. But if enough Democratic lawmakers leave the state, they could deny the state House and Senate a two-thirds quorum that is needed to vote on proposed congressional maps.
Texas Democrats leave state to fight Republican redistricting effort
In a move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the State House of Representatives are heading to Illinois on Sunday to deny a necessary quorum for the GOP to move forward with those efforts to add more Republican House seats in Congress.
The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet on Monday to consider SB 7, mandating the bathrooms transgender people ...
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CONGRESSIONAL RECESS: Members of Congress have headed home for their summer recess. Several lawmakers are holding town halls ...
The Texas Legislature must have what’s called a “quorum” in order to do business proposing, discussing and voting on bills.
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Texas Senate once again tries to give the attorney general authority to prosecute election crimesA similar proposal stalled out earlier this year over disagreements between the House and Senate. This time, lawmakers might ...
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Texas Senate passes THC ban, bill now heads to Texas HouseThe Texas Senate has once again passed a bill that would enact a full ban on THC in hemp-derived consumables, setting up a ...
The state legislature has begun the process of redrawing congressional districts in the state, an effort backed by the Trump ...
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Texas Senate passes bill to ban THC — againThe Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu brushed off Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) threat to remove Democrats from the Texas Legislature after they left the Lone Star State in protest of GOP ...
Just weeks after the governor vetoed a bill banning products containing THC, state senators revived it in the special session ...
The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...
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