Texas Democrats End 2-Week Walkout, Setting Up Vote on Congressional Map Favoring Republicans
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gavels in on the fourth day legislators lacked a quorum because Democratic lawmakers left the state denying Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona/File Photo Texas Democrats announced they are returning after a