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Texas Democrats Break Quorum, Ask for Donations for Fines. Is It Ethical?
- Texas House Democrats fled to Illinois to block a redistricting plan by the GOP that could add five congressional seats, resulting in daily fines of $500 for their absence.
- Governor Greg Abbott set a deadline for the absent legislators to return or face possible removal, calling them 'derelict' and suggesting that arrests would be issued for their absence according to Attorney General Ken Paxton.
- Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows stated that a quorum was not present and the House passed a motion for arrest warrants for absent Democrats.
- Paxton expressed confidence the situation would resolve in favor of the governor, asserting that Abbott would continue to call back the absent legislators until they appear.
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Texas Democrats break quorum, ask for donations for fines. Is it ethical?
AUSTIN (KXAN)—There have been some questions raised by critics about the ethics around Democrats leaving Texas, breaking quorum to delay a vote on newly proposed controversial redistricting maps. Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump Some of those questions are related to fundraising efforts to help pay fines they're facing. "They've been raising money for this for some time," St. …
Abbott ups legal, political, and personal pressure on Texas Democrats defying redistricting
Texas Democrats are grappling with legal, political, and personal pressure as they protest Republican efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map before next year’s elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has threatened to remove 50 or so Democrats from the Texas…
Texas Democrats face $500 daily fines: What to know as Abbott calls for arrests
(The Hill) – Texas Democrats who fled their state on Sunday face $500 daily fines as they try to stall GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional maps, along with Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) call for their arrest. Democrats are denying the Republican-led state House of the numbers it needs to function and pausing progress on the redistricting proposal — but the move comes with big risks for the participating lawmakers. The threats ra…
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Texas Democrats face $500 daily fines: What to know
(The Hill) – Texas Democrats who fled their state on Sunday face $500 daily fines as they try to stall GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional maps, along with Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) call for their arrest. Democrats are denying the Republican-led state House of the numbers it needs to function and pausing progress on the redistricting proposal — but the move comes with big risks for the participating lawmakers. The threats ra…
Flight of the Felons: TX Dems Face Felony Charges, Loss of Jobs, Extradition
Governor Abbott confirmed our earlier report that Democrats who fled the state to prevent a redistricting vote will face 2nd degree felony charges if they don’t return. He isn’t going to let them skate as he did in 2021. It will be in response to the forty Democrats taking bribes to fly to Illinois, a […] The post Flight of the Felons: TX Dems Face Felony Charges, Loss of Jobs, Extradition appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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