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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’
Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law enforcement in ...
Cornyn says FBI will help find Texas lawmakers who fled state
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who left to try to block a vote on ...
Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...
Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map "on the table" in response to Texas redistricting push
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he's considered redrawing the state's congressional map in response to the Texas redistricting ...
Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'
Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...
WATCH: Pritzker welcomes FBI looking for TX Dems in IL, dismisses bribery question
As the FBI gets involved in locating Texas Democrats hiding out in states like Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says they are ...
Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump
A standoff in Texas over redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump sharply escalated Sunday when dozens of ...
Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas Democrats extend Illinois stay to block vote; GOP issues civil arrest warrants
Democrats are calling the Republican-led mid-decade redistricting plan in Texas "cheating", while Republicans accuse them of ...