The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said he's ordered the Texas DPS to "locate, arrest and return to the House chamber any member who has ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the House on Tuesday with only 94 members present. One hundred are needed to ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Texas Republicans on Tuesday failed again to move forward with their redistricting efforts despite issuing civil arrest ...

After no quorum was reached in the Texas House on Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows voted for and signed motions the House ...

Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants Monday for the more than 50 Democrats who fled Texas to ...

More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s ...

Burrows prepared a motion to place a call on the House, to assign warrants for the civil arrests of Texas Democrats who fled ...