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Texas Democrats currently breaking quorum in Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Texas Democrats currently breaking quorum in Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session held a news conference Tuesday morning to give an update on their legislative walkout.

Three Texas Democrats will testify Thursday in front of a U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee about the GOP elections bill they are in Washington to oppose.

One of six Texas lawmakers who fled to Washington to stop a controversial voting bill and later tested positive for COVID-19 said he and the others are showing few symptoms and vowed to keep fighting from his hotel room.

One of six Texas lawmakers who fled to Washington to stop a controversial voting bill and later tested positive for COVID-19 said he and the others are showing few symptoms and vowed to keep fighting from his hotel room. Scott Gordon reports.

Several Democratic lawmakers, in masks, held a news conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) is asking Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to add an item to a future special session that would allow state lawmakers to take up changing quorum rules.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan stripped a top Democrat, speaker pro tem Joe Moody, of his leadership post in the House Thursday as hundreds of people gathered outside the state Capitol to protest a GOP-proposed voting bill. Scott Gordon reports.

A small group of Texas legislators headed to a Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin.

Texas Democrats got a show of support Wednesday while in Washington, D.C. when a group of Texas Senators joined them in the nation’s capital.

Among the bills on hold in Austin while the House Democrats stay put in D.C. is a 13th check for retired teachers, which is a maximum $2,400 one-time pay bump advocates fight for every legislative session.

Among the bills on hold in Austin while the House Democrats stay put in D.C. is a 13th check for retired teachers, which is a maximum $2,400 one-time pay bump advocates fight for every legislative session.

There’s still no progress in the battle over voting rights between Texas Democrats and Republicans. NBC 5’s political reporter Julie Fine reports on the Special Session showdown.

Day three of a Special Session standoff continues as Texas House Democats stay away from Austin in an effort to stall a controversial voting bill. In Austin, Republicans are pointing to all the work that isn’t getting done. NBC 5’s Scott Gordon reports some Republicans are demanding Democrats repay the $221 daily stipend they get.

The Texas House voted Tuesday morning to send the sergeant-at-arms to round up Democrat legislators absent from the governor’s special session.

Here’s an explanation of what the Democrats are trying to do, and how likely it is to work.

Democrats in the Texas Legislature bolted Monday for Washington, and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in America.

Texas Democrats bolted Monday for Washington and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws.

Texas Democrats broke quorum Monday, leaving Austin for Washington, in an effort to stop Republicans from passing a new voting bill. This time, the party appears to have an eye on the end goal, UNT political science professor Kimmy King says.

Democrats in the Texas Legislature are leaving the state for Washington, D.C., in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another dramatic showdown over voting rights in America. Scott Gordon reports.