August 3, 2025      3:53 PM

Declaring this special session over, Texas House Democrats announce quorum break aimed at blocking GOP congressional redistricting

“This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity,” Chair Wu said. “Governor Abbott has turned the victims of a historic tragedy into political hostages in his submission to Donald Trump.”

The Texas House Democratic Caucus confirmed Sunday afternoon that at least 51 of their members leaving the state right now – enough to deny GOP leadership a quorum on Monday when a proposed congressional map designed to add 5 more Republican seats is slated for floor debate.

Various sources indicated the number of House Democrats leaving was around 55 or 56, something like that. It’s our understanding that those House Democrats will mostly head to Chicago and Albany with a number of them also in Boston, the site of this week’s National Conference of State Legislatures. Of course, veterans know that during a quorum break, it doesn’t really matter where they are. It matters where they ain’t. The caucus this afternoon also launched this website called “Rigged Redistricting.”

In a written statement, the caucus said the move was intended to create “a firewall against an unprecedented crisis of inaction created by Governor Greg Abbott’s dereliction of duty and his submission to Donald Trump’s demands” to redraw seats in Houston, DFW, Austin, and South Texas.

By Scott Braddock

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