State Rep. Philip Cortez (D-San Antonio) is one of the few Democratic lawmakers in the Texas House who is not out-of-state as ...

Most of the Democrats in the Texas House left the state, breaking quorum to block a plan to give the GOP more seats in ...

Friday afternoon, members of the Texas House registered their attendance at the start of a scheduled session. The sound of a ...

Texas Democrats on Saturday again prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a Trump-backed plan to redraw Texas' congressional map. That redistricting plan would give ...

Following through on his pledge to use all means necessary to find, arrest and return absconding House Democrats to Texas, ...

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego fielded a range of questions from Iowans at a Davenport town hall, including on Medicaid, aid to ...

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At the core of the fight in Texas over redrawing the state’s congressional districts is a debate over a time-honored right ...

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Texas, got approval for the FBI to help Texas law enforcement locate state legislators who have fled the state to prevent a ...

Last weekend, outnumbered Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, powerless to stop another self-serving ...

IRS LEADERSHIP: Trump is replacing IRS Commissioner Billy Long, who was sworn into office in June, with Treasury Secretary ...