Houston Public MediaAug 14, 2025

Texas House Democrats announced Thursday they will only return to Austin for the Texas Legislature's second special session when California begins their own redistricting process.

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Texas House Democrats say they’ll end quorum break once California begins redistricting

More than 50 Democratic Texas House members have been out of state for nearly two weeks in an effort to block a Republican-led legislation that would redraw the state's congressional maps. On Thursday, they announced their conditions for returning to the Capitol in Austin.

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Houston Public MediaAug 12, 2025

The governor and attorney general have asked the Texas Supreme Court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left the state to delay a new congressional map. The court has set a 3-week period of briefings from both sides.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/12/528523/texas-supreme-court-wont-rule-for-weeks-on-gop-requests-to-expel-democrats-who-left-the-state/

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Texas Supreme Court won’t rule for weeks on GOP requests to expel Democrats who left the state

The governor and attorney general have asked the court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left Texas to delay a new congressional map.

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