Greatly outnumbered by Republicans, Democrats in the Texas Legislature have little chance to pass major bills and are on ...

A procedural rule gave Senate Democrats a window to block a slate of Texas GOP bills, a rarity in the Republican-controlled ...

Texas Democrats are starting to sound like the ... chamber to protect their majority — which they lost on Tuesday. The minority party also lost ground in the Legislature where Republicans ...

Blocking constitutional amendments is one of the last bits of leverage Texas Democrats have left after House Republicans this session undid the decades-long tradition of giving the minority party ...

“Democratic members of the Texas House may be in the minority, but we will use the tools we have to protect the independence of the House and ensure the voices of the millions of Texans we ...

Republican Dustin Burrows emerged from his first legislative session wielding the gavel with a laundry list of new ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ... Sawyer Hackett, a Democratic strategist who works for various Texas Democratic clients, told ABC News on Monday that the seat vacancy comes "at a time ...

Although Democrats have long been a minority of the Texas House, they have had some influence on the edges of issues. They managed to stop some Republican budget measures and are blocking ...

Critics of the new map call it “racial gerrymandering,” while proponents say the new map’s purpose is to strengthen ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published by The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. House Democrats are threatening to kill all constitutional amendments for the rest of session unless the ...