AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Earlier this week, dozens of Texas House Democrats left the state in an attempt to block the passage of a congressional redistricting map that would revamp district lines and add five Republican seats in the U.S. House.

Now, federal resources are being deployed to help track down those quorum breakers, following a request from Sen. John Cornyn (R) to the FBI earlier this week, requesting the agency “take any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to locate or arrest potential lawbreakers who have fled the state.”

Cornyn announced Thursday morning that FBI Director Kash Patel approved that request.

Breaking quorum is not a new tactic for Texas lawmakers to try to prevent legislation from moving forward. Deploying federal resources to try to find

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