Texas House Gavels In With Quorum After Dems Return

The Texas Tribune reports:

The Texas House on Monday gaveled in with a quorum for the first time in two weeks as Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, ending a walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan and paving the way for the map’s passage.

“We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance and intimidation and rallied Democrats nationwide to join this existential fight for fair representation — reshaping the entire 2026 landscape,” Rep. Gene Wu of Houston, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said in a statement.

The Legislature ended the first special session early on Friday because of the walkout, with Gov. Greg Abbott promptly calling a second overtime session with virtually the same agenda as the first one.

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BREAKING: Quorum established at the Texas House. It comes two weeks after House Democrats broke quorum and left Texas to delay the passage of new Congressional maps that will add 5 GOP majority districts. @CBSNewsTexas pic.twitter.com/YWAwInq6ZH

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