The move would be a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President ...

The dramatic move could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously ...

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

Quorum is the number of members required to be present for the Legislature to conduct business, according to the Texas ...

Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

Virtually all legislative or governmental bodies, from your local school board to Congress, have a quorum rule.

Texas House Democrats say they traveled to Chicago to avoid further movement in the state's redistricting process.

Is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in ...

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