" Texas House Democrats are fundraising to potentially leave the state to block GOP-backed redistricting " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization.

1 p.m.: The House will gavel in, but as with yesterday, cannot proceed without a quorum. 2:30 p.m.: Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts to meet Texas Democrats in her state.

Texas Democrats would need 51 of the party's 67 House representatives to leave the state to effectively break quorum, because there are 150 House representatives in total.

Meanwhile, Democrats will play defense in North Texas where two years ago Rep. Mihaela Plesa became the first Collin County Democrat sent to the state House in decades, when she eked out a win by ...

President Donald Trump said he believes Texas can squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the GOP majority ahead of the midterms.

But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and Democrats get an equal vote.

More than a dozen Texas House Democrats are meeting Friday with the governors of California and Illinois, who have signaled interest in redrawing their states' congressional maps to counter Texas ...

Texas House Democrats enter session with bipartisan hopes — and a new leader who’s prepared to fight There are 64 Democrats in the 150-member House, one fewer than before the election.

But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and Democrats get an equal vote.