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Texas Democrats sleep at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

Some Texas state House Democrats are refusing to leave the chamber, after Republicans required them to sign a form allowing ...

Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

Texas Democrats return home after redistricting row

Republican lawmakers are expected to quickly pass new voting maps, but Democrats still say they were victorious in the ...

A Texas Democrat sleeps at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

A Texas Democrat has stayed overnight at the state Capitol to protest how the Texas House’s top Republican had dozens of her ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker spent night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican ...

Texas Democrats Are Being Tracked by Police to Block Repeat Exit

Generations of Texas politicians have sat, voted and debated in the cushioned leather chairs on the floor of the state’s ...

Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map

Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a two-week walkout that broke quorum and temporarily ...

Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President ...