In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor ask University of Houston law professor David Froomkin to help them break down ...

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has issued civil arrest warrants for the absent members found to be in Texas. None has been ...

The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...

Members of the Texas House of Representatives will attempt once again to meet a quorum Monday, more than a week into a ...

The chamber lacks enough members on the House floor to hold a vote on a new congressional map that could flip five Democrat ...

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin ...

The Texas House failed to reach quorum for the fifth time today as most House Democrats remain out of the state amid the ...