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WATCH: Texas House Speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who left

By Staff Reports

August 7, 2025

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows signed arrest warrants for dozens of Democrats on Monday, pledging to use state law enforcement officers to bring the lawmakers back to the State Capitol.

Dozens of Democratic House members left Texas on Sunday for Chicago, New York, and Boston to block a vote on a Republican plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps.

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