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Updated at 6 p.m.AUSTIN - Texas House on Tuesday voted to issue arrest warrants for absent Democrats who avoided the Capitol to prevent a GOP electoral law they say would harm minorities.The vote was 80-12 and came hours after the Texas…

WASHINGTON (KXAN) - In a speech outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday morning, Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives suggested that their return to Austin would first require the governor to restore funding to the…

Rep. James Talarico, representing Round Rock, returned to Texas on August 9th. Ninety-five MPs were in attendance at the State Capitol Monday night. If five more arrived, the State House would meet the quorum and be able to do…

House Speaker Dade Phelan will allow the House to enter the session on August 7, 2021. The Texas Democrats blocked a quorum in the House of Representatives for the third time this year on Saturday as the legislature began its…

After breaking quorum and spending most of the Legislature’s 30-day special session in the nation’s capital, Texas House Democrats managed to stall a Republican elections bill and bring national attention to the renewed call for federal…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats in the Texas Legislature left for Washington Monday, saying they were ready to stay for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of electoral laws, in a dramatic new showdown for voting rights force…

July 28, 2021 Outside of the Texas House chamber, state Rep. Briscoe Cain is setting traps for Democrats.The first was a case of Miller Lite placed under a brown shipping box propped open with a stick, a nod to the now-viral photograph…

WASHINGTON - A week after their resolution in the country's capital, the Texas House Democrats received an infusion of cash from their Democrat Beto O'Rourke to cover the cost of their permanent stay outside state lines.O'Rourke, a…

Flanked by Texas State House Democrats, US Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) (C) speaks as Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) (R) and Texas State Rep. Chris Turner (D-District 101) (L), Chairman of the Democratic Caucus of Texas House, listen during a…

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