All posts tagged "Democratic Lawmakers"

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who left the state to avoid a quorum over a redistricting map they claim amounts to gerrymandering.

According to his X account, the governor ordered the arrests shortly after the Texas legislature cleared the way with a vote on Monday afternoon.

The redistricting map that President Donald Trump encouraged could give Texas Republicans five additional seats in the U.S. Congress....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. trade negotiators must insist on tough standards on human and workers' rights in a Pacific trade deal spanning 12 countries, more than 150 Democratic lawmakers said in a letter to the Obama administration on Thursday.

CHICAGO – The battle against Republican attempts to undermine trade union rights is spreading with Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state of Indiana in a bid to block anti-union legislation, and workers' rights protests swelling in the US Midwest.