Legal and political battles intensify over Texas Democrats' departure and redistricting efforts
TL;DR
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are seeking to enforce arrest warrants in Illinois against Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a GOP-backed congressional map, escalating efforts to restore quorum and pass the legislation amid political tensions.
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- Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state The Texas Tribune
- The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law CNN
- Led by Trump, Republicans push to redraw election maps in multiple states The Washington Post
- The Texas gerrymandering showdown is about to get even messier vox.com
- Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – as it happened The Guardian
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