Texas House Speaker Aims Sights On Runaway Dems

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives announced new measures Friday targeting Democrats who fled the state to deny the body a quorum for redistricting. Democrats in the Texas state legislature fled to…

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