Tag: Washington D.C.
Texas lawmakers blasted by GOP for ‘cutting and running’ from legislative duties
Raga Justin and Emily Caldwell The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON — Facing criticism and accolades alike, three Texas Democrats took center stage Thursday during a...
COMMENTARY: Texas legislators are fighting for voters’ attention
By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Leaving the state to block restrictive voting legislation isn’t any more outrageous than requiring people to wait in line...
Speaker signs civil arrest warrant for Texas Democrats who returned to Washington
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, signed a civil warrant for the arrest of state Rep. Philip Cortez, a...
Houston man charged with pepper-spraying US Capitol police
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man was arrested Friday and charged with multiple counts from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, including...
Beto O’Rourke group gives $600,000 to House Democrats’ stay in D.C.
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Beto O’Rourke has funneled $600,000 to Texas House Democrats in Washington, D.C., to help fund their stay, which could...
COVID-19 derails Texas Democrats lobbying in Washington
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation's capital in a faceoff over voting...
Texas Dems may have infected Pelosi and Harris aides
Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – The Texas Democrats who fled Austin have spent the last eight nights at a hotel a...
One week on the lam, Texas Dems get pep talk
Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – With a COVID-19 hitting 10% of Texas Democrats who fled to halt work in the state...
Number of infected Texas lawmakers who fled state rises to 5
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more Texas lawmakers who left their state to hobble efforts to pass new voting restrictions...
The long, ‘surreal’ days of the runaway Texas legislators
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sheltered in a downtown D.C. hotel, the Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a restrictive voting...
