Greatly outnumbered by Republicans, Democrats in the Texas Legislature have little chance to pass major bills and are on ...

A procedural rule gave Senate Democrats a window to block a slate of Texas GOP bills, a rarity in the Republican-controlled ...

Republican Dustin Burrows emerged from his first legislative session wielding the gavel with a laundry list of new ...

Blacks and Latinos have the same priorities as everyone else—schools, jobs and public safety.

Chiseling away at President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Rolling back the green energy tax breaks central to President ...

Blocking constitutional amendments is one of the last bits of leverage Texas Democrats have left after House Republicans this session undid the decades-long tradition of giving the minority party ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ... Sawyer Hackett, a Democratic strategist who works for various Texas Democratic clients, told ABC News on Monday that the seat vacancy comes "at a time ...

Republican lawmakers alleged a “money laundering” scheme funneling taxpayer dollars to Democratic officials. Democrats ...

“Democratic members of the Texas House may be in the minority, but we will use the tools we have to protect the independence of the House and ensure the voices of the millions of Texans we ...

Critics of the new map call it “racial gerrymandering,” while proponents say the new map’s purpose is to strengthen ...

Matt Angle, a veteran Texas Democratic operative and director of ... “We can’t just be the minority party. We need to be the opposition party.” Her roadmap to power for the state party ...

Although Democrats have long been a minority of the Texas House, they have had some influence on the edges of issues. They managed to stop some Republican budget measures and are blocking ...