Posted on · It’s unclear what the Legislature will be able to accomplish with just two weeks left on the 30-day clock. Key legislative deadlines are coming. Member relationships are frayed. Some Democrats warn the quorum could be broken again.
Posted on · In a bid to block a voting restrictions bill, House Democrats for weeks have denied the lower chamber the number of present members needed to pass legislation. House Speaker Dade Phelan has already signed dozens of civil arrest warrants.
Posted on · The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for absent House Democrats' civil arrests after it temporarily blocked Harris County judges’ orders protecting them from such a move.
Posted on · Both chambers convened at noon Saturday for a second overtime round ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott. The first 30-day stretch ended in an impasse after House Democrats left the state to block a controversial GOP elections bill.
Posted on · Republicans believe they have already compromised enough on the legislation, while Democrats are distrustful of both the policy driving the bill and their GOP colleagues after seeing how they have managed the process around the proposal so far.
Posted on · Over the past few days, the Texas delegation has met with nearly all of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, save for President Joe Biden. But there is not yet clear movement to revive the congressional Democrats’ federal voting legislation.
Posted on · The fully-vaccinated members are showing no symptoms or mild symptoms and the caucus is adhering to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted on · The plane will be on standby at Dulles International Airport, and Dade Phelan’s team said his political campaign, not taxpayers, will pay for the flight.
Posted on · State Rep. Penny Morales Shaw is in Washington, D.C. with her colleagues, while state Rep. Garnet Coleman said he was at an "undisclosed location" and couldn't travel after having his foot amputated.
Posted on · After House Democrats staged a second walkout to stop the bills from passing, Houston-area leaders are praising the move to stop laws they say infringe on their constituents' rights.
Posted on · After killing Republicans' priority voting bill during the regular legislative session, Democratic lawmakers are mulling how to try to stop it in the special session that starts July 8.
Posted on · The plaintiffs argue the Trump supporters engaged in political intimidation when they surrounded the Biden campaign bus in October, in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, and that police "turned a blind eye to the attack."
Posted on · Texas rejected expanding medicaid to the working poor again this legislative session. The COVER Now Act will go around those conservative leaders.
Posted on · The meeting will take place Wednesday, according to Harris' office.
Posted on · Republican governors are moving to end a $300-a-week pandemic lifeline for the unemployed in a controversial effort to push people back to work, with four states set to end them this week.