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Voter and civil rights organizations are seeking to block efforts by Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel 13 Democratic state representatives from office for their role in this summer’s quorum break.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/05/530161/civil-rights-groups-challenge-abbotts-paxtons-efforts-to-expel-democratic-house-members-who-broke-quorum/

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HB 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. The measure is in response to the Democratic quorum break that unsuccessfully sought to prevent Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting legislation.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/03/529947/texas-house-passes-bill-to-punish-quorum-breaks/

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After the Texas House passed a new GOP congressional map, Gov. Greg Abbott added three new items to his agenda for the ongoing special session, including punishments for lawmakers who leave the state to block passage of future legislation.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/21/529155/gov-greg-abbott-asks-for-new-penalties-for-texas-lawmakers-who-flee-to-halt-legislative-sessions/

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The Texas House's quorum-breaking Democrats announced Monday that they are back in Austin, just hours before the House is scheduled to reconvene amid the state's second special session.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/18/528855/texas-house-democrats-return-to-capitol-after-two-week-quorum-break/

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Some survivors of the Kerr County Flood said they feel like political pawns – caught in the middle of lawmakers’ games – while they desperately need relief.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/15/528823/central-texas-flood-victims-call-for-relief-as-funding-remains-deadlocked-amid-special-session-quorum-break/

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/15/528768/gov-abbott-instructs-texas-legislature-to-begin-second-special-session-at-noon-on-friday/

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The governor and attorney general have asked the Texas Supreme Court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left the state to delay a new congressional map. The court has set a 3-week period of briefings from both sides.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/12/528523/texas-supreme-court-wont-rule-for-weeks-on-gop-requests-to-expel-democrats-who-left-the-state/

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It's week two of a quorum break by more than 50 Texas House Democrats who left the state to block a new, Republican-backed congressional district map. A lot has happened so far.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/12/528487/lawsuits-arrest-warrants-everything-to-know-about-the-texas-quorum-break/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are asking an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democratic lawmakers who have left the state to delay passage of a GOP-backed congressional map.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/08/528294/paxton-burrows-ask-illinois-court-to-enforce-texas-arrest-warrants-against-democrats-who-left-the-state/

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The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

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The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

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The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

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The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

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The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

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Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into whether Beto O’Rourke’s political group, Powered by People, is breaking laws by funding Texas Democrats’ out-of-state travel attempting to stop the passage of new Republican-favored congressional maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/06/528110/paxton-launches-investigation-into-beto-orourkes-political-group-for-funding-democrats-who-left-state/

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A growing quorum break in the Texas Legislature is halting progress in both chambers, delaying all legislative activity as House members remain absent.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527994/texas-house-quorum-break-grinds-special-session-to-a-halt-leaving-legislative-future-uncertain/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he will seek a court ruling declaring that state House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state have “abandoned their offices,” potentially allowing Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint their replacements.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527957/ag-ken-paxton-will-seek-court-order-to-have-dems-who-have-broken-quorum-thrown-out-of-office/

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants the FBI to help "locate and arrest" Texas Democrats who left the state to block a GOP-led effort to redraw congressional voting maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/05/527950/john-cornyn-asks-fbi-to-help-round-up-texas-democrats-who-fled-the-state/

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As Democrats and Republicans spar about redrawing Texas' congressional districts ahead of the midterm election, a state senator from the Houston area is being accused of racism over a post on X about a fellow lawmaker who fled the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527944/republican-state-senator-from-houston-area-accused-of-racism-while-criticizing-house-democrat-who-fled-state/

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Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/04/527886/texas-democrats-walked-out-to-block-the-gop-how-well-has-the-tactic-worked-before/

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A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/02/527799/congressional-redistricting-map-passes-house-committee-pushing-dems-towards-quorum-break/

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