Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP redistricting effort | NYGazet

Under threat of fines and arrest, Democratic members of the Texas House left for Chicago to deny the GOP a quorum needed to redraw congressional districts.

Opting to use what Texas politicians called a nuclear option, dozens of Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives arrived in Chicago on Sunday under threat of fines, arrest and removal from office to deny Republicans the quorum they ne... [10563 chars]