The walkout was a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President ...

Texas Democrats have fled the state in an effort to keep Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost ...

Texas House Democrats announced they left for Chicago in a last ditch effort to block the vote on Republicans' newly proposed ...

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) urged his party to “fight back” on Sunday as Democratic legislators left the Lone Star State.

Early reports indicate that some of the Democrats have fled to Chicago, others to Albany and Boston — all to cities in ...

HOUSTON — More than 51 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives quietly flew to Chicago on Sunday afternoon, ...

The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats were headed to Illinois on Sunday.They left the Lone Star State in a last-ditch effort to disrupt a ...

Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...