GOP loses bid to get senators to return: Dems file new suit in redistricting feud
AUSTIN -- The Texas Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to force 11 boycotting Democratic state senators to return to the Capitol for a special legislative session on congressional redistricting.
Dewhurst expressed disappointment over the order but also said he will ask the Senate majority today to consider "appropriate measures against absent members," such as monetary penalties for each day they are absent.......
