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Dems say there was a bomb threat made at their hotel

CBS News on MSN · 2d

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts.

NBC Chicago on MSN · 1d

Second threat reported at suburban Chicago hotel where Texas Dems were at

A second threat was reported Friday at the suburban Chicago hotel and convention center that was housing Texas Democrats in Illinois while battling a redistricting controversy.

Texas Democrats who left the state in protest evacuated due to bomb threat at Chicago-are hotel

Some of the Texas Democrats who left the state in protest of a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated Wednesday from their Chicago-area hotel after a bomb threat, according to police and lawmakers.

Texas, Democrats and Illinois

Texas asks Illinois court to help it round up absent Democratic lawmakers

A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Illinois seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.

Chicago Tribune · 21h

Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

Texas AG says he's filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight

Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward with their controversial redistricting.

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How the Texas Standoff Will (Probably) End

Texas state Democrats had been plotting their departure for weeks. But most weren’t sure they were going—or where they were ...

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Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map

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

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Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...

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Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

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Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...

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Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort

Under threat of fines and arrest, Democratic members of the Texas House left for Chicago to deny the GOP a quorum needed to ...

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Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

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Texas Senator John Cornyn says FBI director agreed to assist in finding Texas Democrats

U.S. Senator John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in ...

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