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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults
Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...
Beto O'Rourke's group helping front costs of bolting Texas House Democrats
Powered by People, a voter registration and mobilization group, has been donating to the Texas House Democratic Caucus -- not ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state
Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue that leaving the state to halt legislative action ...
Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote
The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...
Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the ...
Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats
President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...
Texas House Democrats flee the state to block a vote on new congressional map
Texas Republicans proposed a new map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm election.
Texas House working on disaster recovery bills in response to Hill Country flood
Despite reaching no quorum on Tuesday, Texas House members worked on disaster recovery bills in response to the July 4 Hill ...