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Texas Democratic lawmakers expected to confront many uncertainties when they left the state in a last-ditch attempt to block Republicans from pushing through a new congressional map.

How long would they be away? What retaliation might follow? Would their gambit work?

Laundry, though, was not among the concerns for those temporarily staying in Illinois. Their hotel — a sprawling complex attached to a convention center an hour outside Chicago — offered a washer and dryer on site.

Then, a bomb threat Wednesday morning forced an evacuation and, ultimately, a location change. Clean clothes suddenly became another unknown.

“Still haven’t figured it out yet,” state Rep. Ron Reynolds joked t

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