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Texas Democrats in Illinois protesting redistricting return to Saint Sabina, prepare to travel home

Texas House Democrats in Illinois are now getting ready to head back to the Lone Star State. They spent time at Saint Sabina Church Sunday on the city's South Side.

CBS News · 5h

Texas Democrats to return, redistricting debate to continue

Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to block a Republican redistricting plan are now returning individually, likely allowing the House to reconvene. Republicans aim to pass a map that could add five GOP congressional seats.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats who left the state over redistricting will take part in national demonstration

Those Democrats, who are expected to return to Texas on Monday, continue to argue that Texas’ redistricting plans are unfairly taking place in the middle of the decade, instead of in conjunction with a national once-a-decade census.

Some Texas Democrats leave Illinois as second special session in their state begins

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...

As Texas Democrats plan Illinois departure, lawmaker hopes daughters will one day see ‘dad fought back’

John Bucy’s older daughter “seemed a little frustrated” with him this week when he wasn’t home to take her to school for her ...

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’

Gov. JB Pritzker attempted to tamp down the federal law enforcement involvement, describing it as “a lot of grandstanding.” ...

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Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats to warn redistricting fight is a threat to whole country

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joined Texas Democrats to warn that the redistricting fight in the Lone Star State is the first ...

Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois and other northern states to block a Republican-led congressional redistricting ...

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Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump

Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seat ...

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Illinois judge rules against Ken Paxton in his effort to have Texas House Democrats arrested

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest ...

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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

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Texas Democrats staying in Illinois evacuated over bomb threat

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...

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Pritzker: Texas Democratic legislators who fled to Illinois are 'heroes'

Gov. JB Pritzker in Springfield on Aug. 6 called the Texas House Democrats who fled the state for Illinois to thwart a ...

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Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois forced to evacuate hotel after bomb threat

Texas state House Democrats who left their state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map were ...

Abe Lincoln took a leap long before Texas Democrats skipped town

There’s historical precedent for Texas House Democrats vamoosing to deny Republicans the quorum they need to carry out ...

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