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Pressure mounts on Texas Democrats

Texas Gov. Abbott decries ‘runaway Democrats’ as redistricting standoff enters its second week

Democratic lawmakers in Texas once again thwarted the Republican redistricting effort in the state when the Texas House of Representatives failed to meet a quorum on Monday.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to amp up the pressure on Democrats who fled in redistricting standoff

More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators left the state to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said they won't be able to wait out the redistricting push.

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Pressure mounts on Texas Democrats as walkout stretches into a second week

Both sides dug in for a second week of a political standoff in Texas, with Democratic lawmakers promising to stay out of the state until next week to kill a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts and Gov.

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Gov. Greg Abbott would pick new leadership for Harris County flood-control district under Texas bill

State Rep. Dennis Paul filed a bill to pull the county's flood control district under a board appointed mainly by Texas Gov.

Gov. Abbot still beat Newsom in disaster relief despite Texas Democrats stalling, hiding out

Despite Democratic lawmakers fleeing and holding up vital relief efforts, Texas Governor Abbott’s flood relief was faster ...

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Trump’s new congressional map in Texas still stymied as Gavin Newsom urges president to give up

Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their ...

Watch live: Exclusive interview with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as Democrats boycott redistricting plan

On Monday, Abbott will speak with CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink live during the 5 p.m. newscast about the political standoff in Austin.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens indefinite special sessions

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to call a series of rolling special legislative sessions to push the Trump ...

Texas Dems vow to stay in Illinois until special session ends despite bomb, arrest, lawsuit threats

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In the week since this group of Texas lawmakers first arrived in Illinois, they have been subjected to ...

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‘We’re allowed to be partisan’ in drawing congressional maps, Texas Republican says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll extend the standoff over redistricting for as long as necessary. The Republican effort is ...

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Trump over GOP redistricting efforts

Last week, Pritzker appeared alongside Texas Democrats who fled their state in protest of the proposed new congressional maps ...

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Abbott: Texas redistricting fight ‘could literally last years’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Sunday that he would be willing to call indefinite special sessions of the state’s ...

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Crockett may have to ‘earn’ her seat in Texas amid redistricting: Joe Concha

Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking to redistrict Texas in a bid to give Republicans an extra five House seats, one of which is Crockett’s district in Houston.

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Texas House once again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Texas Democrats on Monday again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show for a vote on a Republican-proposed redistricting plan.

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