Democratic officials rallied in Chicago on Tuesday behind more than 50 Texas House Democrats who left their state last week to block a GOP-led redistricting plan they say could help Republicans flip up to five congressional seats. Speaking at a press conference on Aug. 5 alongside the Texas delegation, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and… Read more »

Texas Democrats vowed to continue their fight Tuesday against redistricting efforts backed by Republicans. Lawmakers were joined by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, just one day before the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Pritzker and other Illinois leaders pledged to back the lawmakers, saying Republicans were following… Read more »

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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries voiced his support for Texas Democrats at the state Capitol Thursday, just one day after Texas Republicans released a proposed congressional redistricting map. Jeffries emphasized the importance of transparency, saying, "First and foremost, we have to make clear to the people of Texas what's taking place." The proposed map, designed by the… Read more »

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and purposefully disenfranchising millions of minority voters in the process. “The truth of the matter is: Somebody has to have the courage to say that it’s racism,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), a… Read more »

Texas Democrats in Congress vowed Wednesday to fight a Republican redistricting proposal, with several blasting the new map as an illegal effort to muffle the state’s minority voices. “This map is a disaster — crafted to divide neighborhoods and rig the game for Donald Trump,” U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, said in a statement. “It’s a desperate move from a party losing its… Read more »

The Republican-led Texas Legislature will soon finish taking public testimony on the highly unusual and controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting sought by President Donald Trump. One hearing this weekend occurred in a city that’s been singled out by the president’s Justice Department: Houston. From Austin to Houston to Arlington, the Republican-led Texas House Redistricting… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) testified, July 26, before the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting during a field hearing focused on East Texas. On Monday, the Texas Legislature convened its special session with Congressional redistricting on its 30-day agenda. Fletcher’s Testimony comes as seats across the state are set to be reconfigured, including Texas’… Read more »

Since the Nixon era, Congress has funded free legal aid for those with low incomes.  In 1974, it created a nonprofit, the Legal Services Corporation, to channel federal funding to local legal aid nonprofits. There, attorneys and paralegals help veterans apply for disability, domestic violence survivors secure child custody and renters stave off wrongful evictions. Now, the… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher of Texas is one of several Democrats sounding the alarm about a Trump-fueled plan to redraw the state's congressional maps ahead of the midterms. She joins 'The Weekend: Primetime' to discuss how this is a direct attack on the voting strength of marginalized communities.   View this interview on MSNBC. Read more »