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Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...
FBI agrees to help chase down quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
It is unclear what resources the FBI is investing or how it is approaching the situation as there is no apparent legal breach ...
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...
Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI granted his request to help find absent Texas Democrats
An administration official told NBC News this week that there were no plans to use federal agents to arrest Texas lawmakers ...
Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit seeking to force Illinois authorities to assist with returning nearly three ...
FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who left state, Sen. John Cornyn says
Texas Republicans have been trying to bring the state Democratic lawmakers back in order to vote on their redistricting plan.
Texas senator says FBI will help find Democrats who fled the state; Pritzker calls it 'grandstanding'
It's unclear what role federal agents can play in the matter, and there were no reports of FBI activity in the area housing ...
Where Are All the Texas Democrats? What We Know
Texas Democrats have left the state, with many in Illinois, to block a vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan.
Paxton targets Soros-backed PAC for allegedly funding Texas Democrats who left state
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday he is investigating whether a Democratic PAC heavily funded by ...