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August 15, 2025

Texas Democrats Prepare to End Two-Week Walkout over GOP's Gerrymandered Maps
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Democratic state lawmakers from Texas say they're prepared to end their
nearly two-week walkout that has blocked Republicans from redrawing
Texas's congressional maps. On Thursday, state representative and
Democratic leader Gene Wu of Houston said in a statement that lawmakers
agreed to return to Texas, but only after a special legislative session
called by Republican Governor Greg Abbott officially ends today.
Republican leaders had sought to arrest or remove from office Democrats
who fled Texas to deny Republicans a quorum to ram through a new,
gerrymandered map.


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