ILLINOIS - A U.S. senator from Texas said the FBI is now on the lookout for the state's Democratic lawmakers hiding out in Illinois.

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Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn issued a press release saying, "I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has approved my request for the FBI to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats."

This comes amid the bitter feud over redistricting in Texas that has brought Texas Democrats to the Chicago suburbs.

This is the fifth day of the coalition of Texas Democrats in exile in Illinois. Their goal is to prevent a quorum in that state's legislature from moving forward on a controversial remap proposal that could net Republicans five seats in Congress by the midterm elections.

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