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Her dismissal has paralyzed the labor board by leaving it without a quorum.

But the effort in Texas hit a roadblock in early August after the state's Democrats fled the state in a bid to deny the quorum needed to pass the Republican redistricting measure.

Democrats in Texas fled the state for nearly two weeks, including some to California, to deny Republicans the quorum they needed to pass the new lines.

When it became clear that they could not stop the maps through other means, Texas Democrats fled the state to deny a quorum to a special legislative session called by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

At least two-thirds of the 150-member state legislative body in Texas must be present to proceed with the vote, called a quorum.