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Texas Republican lawmakers passed legislation on Monday threatening Democratic colleagues with arrest and forcible return after they fled the state to prevent a quorum from being called in the state’s race to redistrict its congressional seats ahead of the 2026 election.
In an 85-6 vote, nearly all Republicans voted to send members of the Texas Rangers out to search for Democratic state officials who fled to Chicago, Boston, and other blue enclaves as they sought sanctuary from their day jobs. Critics accused the minority party members of disenfranchising voters while national Democrats condemned Republicans for jamming through a redistricting plan that could add as many as five reliably red seats to Congress next year.
The bill directs the Sergeant at Arms “and any officers appointed by her” to secure the attendance of Democratic lawmakers “whose absence is not excused,” the bill reads…
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