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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Texas governor orders arrest of Democrat lawmakers who fled the state to block redistricting plan
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state police Aug. 4 to arrest more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state a day earlier in an… The post Texas governor orders arrest of Democrat lawmakers who fled the state to block redistricting plan appeared first on CatholicVote org.
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What to KnowTexas House Speaker Dustin Burrows quickly gaveled the state House in and out of session today, lacking the minimum number of state lawmakers to move on to regular business after dozens of Democrats fled the state in protest of a GOP-led bill that would redraw congressional boundaries to benefit Republicans.Trump said this afternoon that federal authorities “may have to” get involved in locating and arresting the Texas Democrats who …
Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Arrest Of Texas Democrats
Source: The Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers / Getty The Texas redistricting saga escalated on Monday evening after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the civil arrest of the Texas Democrats who fled the state to block progress on a new electoral map. According to CBS News, the Texas Democrats broke quorum by fleeing the state. This move prevented debate on the new map, which would add five new Republican seats and create a primary between Demo…
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