The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said he's ordered the Texas DPS to "locate, arrest and return to the House chamber any member who has ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the House on Tuesday with only 94 members present. One hundred are needed to ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

After no quorum was reached in the Texas House on Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows voted for and signed motions the House ...

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Texas Democrats, along with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left ...

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More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.

Burrows prepared a motion to place a call on the House, to assign warrants for the civil arrests of Texas Democrats who fled ...