US EditionTexas DPS Initiates Tip Line to Find Democrats Who Left State Amid Redistricting Fight
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers monitor homes of absent Democrats who broke quorum to block redistricting, with a tip line set up to report their whereabouts, officials said.
- On Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced DPS troopers have been dispatched statewide to stake out absent members' homes and unveiled a toll-free tip line 866-786-5972.
- To block a vote, Democratic state representatives left Texas to break quorum and stop a Republican plan that would give Republicans five additional winnable U.S. House seats in 2026.
- Amid stakeouts, absent quorum breakers face a $500 daily fine and must repay return costs, with officers conducting surveillance outside their homes, Burrows said.
- With only nine of the 62 House Democrats present, the chamber lacked quorum, delaying disaster relief bills' debate scheduled for Tuesday.
- Governor Greg Abbott vowed to call special sessions every 30 days until redistricting is complete, as Attorney General Ken Paxton and Speaker Dustin Burrows pursue nationwide civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled to Illinois and California.
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Texas GOP seeks to ‘domesticate’ rogue Dems for breaking quorum through nationwide civil arrest warrants
Texas AG Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are pursuing nationwide civil arrest warrants against Texas Democrats, referencing constitutional authority to compel their return.
DPS Launches Tip Line To Track Down Missing Democrat Lawmakers
According to Speaker Dustin Burrows, DPS has “special agents deployed in every region of Texas” and dozens of officers deputized by the House are staking out lawmakers’ homes. The post DPS Launches Tip Line To Track Down Missing Democrat Lawmakers appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
No quorum in Texas House Monday, Burrows says DPS is searching for Dems in the state
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House once again convened Monday at 1 p.m. to try to meet quorum, one week after Democrats left the state to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. The House had 97 members, three short of a quorum. Two Democrats — Reps. Eddie Morales and Terry Canales — returned to Austin Monday after being absent Friday, though there were no reports that they ever left the state. After the House gaveled out Monday, protester…
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