Overview
- The Texas House authorized arrest warrants for more than 50 Democrats who left the state to deny a quorum on the Republican-led map vote.
- Governor Greg Abbott threatened to remove absent lawmakers from office and directed state police to apprehend those who remain away.
- Senator John Cornyn formally requested FBI assistance to locate Democrats who crossed into Illinois and New York to stall the special session.
- Rep. Jolanda Jones publicly retracted her Holocaust analogy and issued an apology after drawing widespread criticism for her remarks on Don Lemon’s show.
- The boycott is aimed at blocking a mid-decade redistricting plan that Republicans say could net them as many as five additional U.S. House seats ahead of 2026.