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Things to know about legislator walkouts as Texas Democrats flee state over a high-stakes map vote
Democratic state senators from Wisconsin fled to neighboring Illinois in 2011, blocking a vote on GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s ...
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Texas House Democrats to flee the state in bid to block GOP’s proposed congressional map
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...