Virtually all legislative or governmental bodies, from your local school board to Congress, have a quorum rule.

At least 51 Texas Democrats fled the state for Chicago. Politico was first to report the lawmakers had left the state.

HOUSTON — More than 51 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives quietly flew to Chicago on Sunday afternoon, ...

Texas Democrats pushed back on the Republican effort to rewrite the state’s congressional map by leaving the state Sunday, to prevent a quorum needed to advance the measure in the Texas House.

The dramatic move could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously ...

The map includes redrawn districts that would help defend the Republicans' slim House majority in next year's midterms.

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

Firebrand Democrat Jasmine Crockett faces being booted from Congress after Republicans proposed a heavily gerrymandered ...

Is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

Texas House Democrats announced on Sunday that they were leaving the state in a bid to stop Republicans from advancing House maps that would give the GOP five more pick-up opportunities ahead of ...

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