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Texas, Democrats and redistricting

The Dallas Morning News on M… · 47m

5 things to know about Texas’ redistricting fight amid House Democrats’ quorum break

Leading Illinois Democrats and the head of the national Democratic party joined Texas House Democrats this week in a call for a political redistricting fight to expand to a national battle on Tuesday.

CNN on MSN · 1d

What to expect next in Texas’ redistricting standoff and whether Democrats can be expelled

Both Texas Republicans and Democrats are ratcheting up their rhetoric over proposed US House maps that could give the GOP five more seats. But the action in Austin is stalled for now.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting

President Donald Trump said Republicans deserve to redraw the Texas electoral map. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats,” he said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.

The Texas Tribune1h

Dems say a bomb threat made at their hotel and other redistricting updates

Texas Democrats left the state to stop a Republican-led effort to change the state’s congressional boundaries, setting off a ...

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Which states are being impacted by Texas' redistricting battle?

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week ...

42mon MSN

James Talarico: Republicans are breaking 'covenant' with redistricting map

Abbott and other Republicans in response threatened Democrats who left with arrests, fines and even removal from office.

Houston Public Media2h

As Texas pursues mid-decade congressional redistricting, some members of Congress aim to ban the practice

Ten Texas Democrats as well as two Republicans – one from California and another from New York – are advocating federal ...

FOX 26 Houston1h

'Mess with Texas': Plane banners, highway signs cross state lines in redistricting fight

A Republican plan to add five congressional seats in Texas has moved outside the state's borders and even beyond the state's Democrats' exodus.

2h

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

2hon MSN

Texas Senate committee advances redistricting bill

A Texas Senate committee voted Thursday to advance a congressional redistricting bill to the full Senate, moving closer to ...

FOX 26 Houston on MSN22h

Rep. Jolanda Jones apologizes for comparing Texas redistricting plan to Holocaust

Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones apologized on Tuesday for comparing a plan to redraw the state's congressional maps to the ...

Sen. Cornyn says FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who fled state over redistricting

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state to stall a Republican-backed redistricting plan, effectively shutting down ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN12d

Texas House redistricting committee’s Houston hearing draws criticism over absence of maps

Democratic members slammed the process, questioning why hearings were happening before maps were available for review. Chair ...

1don MSN

Then-Sen. John Whitmire restored quorum in 2003, allowing mid-century GOP redistricting of Texas

A coalition of Texas Democrats recently fled to Chicago to block a similar redistricting effort by Republican lawmakers.

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