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More than 50 Texas Democrats remain out of their state.
The lawmakers are blocking any work from getting done in the Texas State House.
That includes on a Republican plan to redraw congressional districts in Texas.
The GOP plan aims to put five more Republican lawmakers in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
The Texas House Speaker, Republican Dustin Burroughs, says the Texas Democrats have to come back.
There are multiple things the Texas House is working on and should be working on at this time.
Pursuant to the Constitution, the governor gets to set the agenda,
and the Constitution says the members of the legislature shall show up.
to do their jobs.