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Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with GOP-friendly congressional map

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they do not ...

House Democrats Renew Effort Calling for Palestinian Statehood

More than a dozen progressive lawmakers had signed onto a draft letter, but a lack of Republican support meant it was ...

Texas Democrats Who Fled Respond to Greg Abbott's Legal Warning

Texas Democrats who left the state in a bid to block redrawn U.S. House maps have responded to Republican Governor Greg ...

Texas House falls short of quorum after Democrats leave state to prevent Trump-backed redraw of maps

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Pro-Israel Democrats try breaking with Netanyahu to stop party’s shift amid Gaza crisis

Fearing Zionism could die among Democrats, many party leaders are explicitly breaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Will Democrats try to ‘primary’ fellow Democrats for overriding Gov. Stein vetoes?

Democratic Reps. Carla D. Cunningham and Shelly Willingham speak prior to a vote on an immigration enforcement bill. The ...

California could slash 5 GOP US House seats, as Texas moves at Trump's urging to pad GOP margin

California Democrats are weighing new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other ...