The legislators say they feel like they accomplished their mission.ABC NewsBy Brittany Shepherd and Oren OppenheimAugust 12, 2025Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have accomplished their mission of killing the first special session, raising awareness and sparking national backlash about the mid-decade redistricting, multiple sources confirmed to ABC station KTRK and ABC News on Tuesday.A source told ABC News the House Democrats loosely plan on returning this weekend. Those plans could change, the source noted, if Republicans go back on their word to begin a second special session on Friday.In a news release on Tuesday that did not share specific plans, House Democrats proclaimed victory, saying that they "have killed this corrupt special session on behalf of Texas families -- exactly what we said we'd do when we left the state."
No they will not have another special session Friday... they will do it Monday after the Democrats come back.
“Members are still assessing their strategies going forward and are in a private meeting to make decisions about future plans currently,” he wrote. “If and when Texas House Democrats breaking quorum decide to go home is squarely dependent on the actions the Governor, Speaker, and Texas Republicans in charge make with regard to prioritizing flood victims over redistricting that hurts Texans.”
The Gov. said,
Abbott has said he is committed to calling special sessions, which can last a maximum of 30 days, as long as needed to pass the maps.
Meanwhile Fox News has a different take on them coming back;
Texas Democrats also fled the state in 2021 to block GOP legislative efforts, ultimately returning weeks laterBy Alec SchemmelAugust 12, 2025Texas House Democrats have reportedly confirmed they intend to return to their state after fleeing in an attempt to halt legislative proceedings, which included GOP attempts to redraw congressional districts in the state.Multiple sources confirmed to ABC 13 Houston on Tuesday that the absent House Democrats will return to the Lone Star State after feeling like they accomplished their mission of killing the special legislative session called by Republicans to pass redistricting legislation. The special session expires next Tuesday.
The Democrats know they can't stop the Republicans steamroller.
Vengeance is mine saith the Republicans!
Ken Paxton asks judge to fine and jail ex-congressman for defying order to halt political fundraisingThe GuardianSam Levine12 Aug 2025The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has asked a local judge to consider jailing Beto O’Rourke, saying the former congressman was openly defying a judicial order blocking him and his political group from fundraising and paying the costs of Democrats who left the state to stop Republicans from passing a new congressional map.Tarrant county district judge Megan Fahey granted a request from Paxton last week halting O’Rourke and a group aligned with him, Powered by People, from fundraising. The order bars the group from using funds to pay the costs of Texas lawmakers during the special session or paying the $500 daily fines the lawmakers face for each time they are absent.
So this is going to to the Supreme Court... somehow I don't think that the state Texas can stop political fundraising.
In a filing in response to Paxton’s, O’Rourke’s lawyers said Paxton was “knowingly taking a statement entirely out of context to intentionally misrepresent the statement to this Court” and said they would seek sanctions against him, according to the Texas Tribune. The court’s order, they said, barred the group from fundraising for non-political purposes, not from fundraising altogether.“He’s lying about me to try to silence us,” O’Rourke said in a post on X on Tuesday.
So place your bets...
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