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Texas, Democrats and Abbott

ABC News on MSN · 1h

Abbott threatens to oust Democrats who fled Texas over redistricting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to return to the statehouse for the special session or risk losing their jobs.

Reuters on MSN · 1h

Texas governor vows to replace Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to replace Democratic lawmakers who left the state over the weekend unless they return by Monday afternoon to vote on a Republican plan to redraw its congressional districts.

The Boston Globe · 21m

Texas Gov. Abbott threatened Democrats who fled state over redrawn voting maps. In Boston, they got a standing ovation.

Speaking at a closed-door luncheon in Boston Monday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker lauded Texas Democrats for their efforts to block a vote on a redrawn congressional map that favors Republicans.

Texas, Democrats and congressional map

ABC News on MSN · 2h

Prosecuting Texas Democrats will be a 'challenge,' state's GOP AG says

Despite the challenge, Paxton said he was "optimistic" the governor would prevail in the standoff with Democrats. Texas Democrats have said they plan to stay out of state until the end of this special session in two weeks, but Abbott is able to call another special session after that.

Roll Call on MSN · 10h

Texas Democrats leave state in bid to stop new congressional map

Democratic members of the Texas state legislature left the state Sunday as part of a bid to block Republicans from redrawing the congressional map to make five additional seats favorable to the GOP. The move to leave the state and deny a quorum drew cheers from Texas Democrats in Congress,

CNN on MSN · 12h

Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map

Texas House Democrats left the state in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional map orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Donald Trump.

3hon MSN

Gov. Greg Abbott’s options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear

The Texas governor's court threat could take months to resolve — despite a fast-approaching redistricting deadline.

14hon MSN

Texas governor says Democrats have 'forfeited' their offices as they try to block GOP gerrymander

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they do not ...

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