Just hours after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state to block a redistricting vote, Texas House leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott escalated efforts to force them back, authorizing civil arrest warrants and calling for an investigation into possible bribery.

On Monday, the Texas House voted 85 to 6 to issue civil warrants targeting absent Democratic members who broke quorum. House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) signed the warrants after a motion for a “call of the House” was approved.

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