US EditionGovernor Abbott orders arrest of absent Texas House Democrats
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday he will try to remove Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block voting on Trump-backed congressional maps.
- This action follows dozens of Democrats fleeing Sunday to Illinois and New York to deny a quorum ahead of a Monday House vote on maps aiming to add five GOP-leaning Texas seats.
- Texas's 150-member House requires two-thirds presence to conduct business, but at least 51 Democrats holding 62 seats left the state, preventing votes and delaying disaster aid after recent catastrophic floods.
- Abbott referenced a 2021 legal opinion from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton—though not legally binding—to assert that Democrats had lost their legislative seats and might have committed felonies, while Democrats dismissed his claims as baseless distractions without legal merit.
- The dispute escalated nationally with New York Governor Kathy Hochul supporting the Texas Democrats and Democratic governors considering retaliatory map redrawing amid a wider partisan power struggle.
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Pritzker: FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois - IPM Newsroom
Illinois Newsroom - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the FBI has no jurisdiction because the Texas lawmakers are not breaking any federal laws. The post Pritzker: FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois appeared first on IPM Newsroom.
Obsessed With Texas, PBS Totally Ignores Democratic Side of House Redistricting Wars
A redistricting arms race? Texas Republicans' plan to redraw the congressional map and eliminate five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, which would help the GOP retain control of the House in next year's midterm elections, sent Democrats in the Texas legislature fleeing to Illinois and New York to avoid a sufficient “quorum” in the chamber to vote on the measure. The spat led off Monday evening’s PBS News Hour, including clips of Democratic gove…
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