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With Democrats Gone, a Texas Gerrymander Is Stymied for Now

The speaker of the Texas House issued civil arrest warrants for lawmakers who fled the state to deny Republicans a quorum, but the scattered Democrats remained defiant.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

“I’m tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, who spoke alongside a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers.
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