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GOP, Democrats and Minnesota

Democrats boycott first day of Minnesota House session but GOP votes to appoint speaker anyway

House Democrats have boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary one-seat majority to unseat one of their members

KSTP-TV · 1d

House Democrats absent to start session; GOP members carry on, choose speaker

DFL House members followed through on a threat to boycott the beginning of the legislative session in an attempt to deny a quorum on Tuesday, but Republicans proceeded to elect Lisa Demuth as speaker despite Secretary of State Steve Simon's declaration that no quorum was present.

FOX News on MSN · 8d

Minnesota House Democrats threaten to skip first two weeks of legislative session, preventing GOP quorum

House Democrats in Minnesota's legislature are threatening to skip out on the first two weeks of the legislative session starting Jan. 14.

House, Democrats and Republicans

WGHP-TV Greensboro on MSN · 1d

These 2 Democrats voted for House Republicans’ bill to bar transgender athletes from girls sports

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans on Tuesday to pass legislation meant to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.

Politico · 1d

House passes bill restricting transgender athletes from women’s sports

The legislation is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would deliver on a priority for the incoming Trump administration.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 14h

Why two Texas Democrats voted with Republicans to ban transgender athletes

Two South Texas Democrats in Congress joined all House Republicans on Tuesday in voting to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports from elementary school to college. U.S.

Texas House, Dustin Burrows

The Washington Post · 1d

Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right

Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP’s emboldened right.

USA Today · 1d

Texas House elects Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clenched the speakership of the Texas House on Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected, Burrows relied on a coalition of Democratic and Republican members to win,

Houston Chronicle · 12h

Who is Dustin Burrows? Here's what to know about the new Texas House speaker.

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in 2019.

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Democrats petition Supreme Court to declare GOP lacked quorum to elect speaker

House Democrats and Secretary of State Steve Simon filed separate petitions with the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking to ...

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MN DFL files petition to Supreme Court over GOP House control

Minnesota's DFL leaders have petitioned the Supreme Court to decide what constitutes a quorum needed to conduct official ...

Disaster aid for California should not come with conditions, US House Democratic Caucus chair says

Democratic Caucus chair Pete Aguilar said on Tuesday he will not support conditions to disaster assistance for fire-ravaged ...

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House Democrats take oath of office in secret 2 days before legislative session starts, sparking outrage

Democrats took that unprecedented step because of their plans to boycott the first day of session in an effort to keep ...

Speaker Johnson removes Mike Turner as House Intelligence Committee chairman

Turner, an Ohio Republican and defense hawk, had been appointed to the post by Kevin McCarthy. Mike Johnson is now putting his mark on top committee positions.

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Virginia House Democrats push forward amendments on abortion and marriage

In Virginia, Democrats pushed forward resolutions in the House of Delegates aimed at getting measures on abortion, marriage, ...

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Democrats press for long-delayed plaque to honor Jan. 6 victims, police heroes

A 2022 law required a plaque to be placed on the west front of the Capitol complex to honor Jan. 6 heroes. It hasn't been ...

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