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Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote

2025-08-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Texas House Democrats return to Austin after 2-week quorum break in Illinois, ending resistance to Trump-ordered congressional redistricting. Republicans impose 24-hour security surveillance requiring DPS escorts and “permission slips” to leave chamber. Rep. Nicole Collier refuses, …

Texas House Democrats Nicole Collier Dustin Burrows Greg Abbott Ken Paxton +2 more redistricting gerrymandering quorum-break trump-interference democratic-surveillance +2 more

Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting

2025-07-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

52 Texas House Democrats fled to Illinois to break quorum and prevent a vote on unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting that would create 5 new safe Republican congressional seats, echoing 2003 and 2021 walkouts but this time leaving state to avoid federal law enforcement. At least 51 Democratic …

Texas House Democrats Texas Legislature Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Gene Wu Josh Rush Nisenson +1 more redistricting democratic-resistance quorum-break interstate-politics constitutional-crisis +1 more