Ana-Maria Ramos was speechless. It was last Monday, August 9, and the Texas State Representative (D-102) was in a meeting with several House Democrats in Washington, D.C., when the news broke: Four of their peers had, without warning, abandoned their posts and...
It’s been nearly two weeks since Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session and, thus far, Texas House Democrats have managed to stay away from the State Capitol. But unlike the first month of their quorum break, during which more than 50 members of the minority...
The Republican-controlled Texas Supreme Court tossed out a lower court ruling on Tuesday that prevented Democrats from being arrested by Gov. Greg Abbott. More than a dozen Texas House Democrats filed the lawsuit over the weekend as the second special session...
On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court denied a petition filed by Texas Democrats that would have forced Gov. Greg Abbott to restore funding to the legislative branch. The governor vetoed funding for the legislative branch after Democrats first broke quorum during the...
A Travis County District Court judge ruled in favor of a temporary restraining order on Sunday to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott from arresting State House Democrats who broke quorum and fled to Washington D.C. last month and have repeatedly received threats of arrest from...
Texas House Democrats Held a press conference on Friday, the last day of the special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott last month. Standing with the caucus outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., House Democratic Chair Chris Turner said the party took bold...
On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would call a second special session set to begin on August 7, Saturday. The second special session is set to begin one day after the conclusion of the first, which was derailed when Texas Democrats broke quorum last month...
On Thursday morning, Texas House Democrats met with Fair Fight founder Stacey Abrams as well as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both meetings occurred virtually. It’s been more than two weeks since Texas Democrats...
More than 2,000 employees working for Texas’ legislative branch could find themselves with no source of income on Sept. 1, the start of the 2022 fiscal year in Texas. The self-inflicted budget crisis began in June when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed $410 million in funding...