The '''Texas Ten''' are a group of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] who fled the state of [[Texas]] for [[New Mexico]] in [[2003]] in a [[Quorum#Quorum-busting|quorum-busting]] [[effort]] aimed at preventing the passage of [[2003 Texas redistricting|controversial redistricting legislation]] that would have benefited Texas [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].
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[[United States House of Representatives|US House]] [[Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]], a powerful figure in Texas politics, advocated arresting the Texas Ten, telling [[reporters]] that he supported using [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[agents]] or [[U.S. marshals]] to [[arrest]] the [[runaway]] Democrats and bring them back to [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], asserting that [[redistricting]] is a [[federal]] matter of federal concern.
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A [[number]] of Democrats left the state, going to [[Oklahoma]] and later New Mexico, to deny a [[quorum]] for voting. The court ruled that the [[Attorney General]] signed letter was not a warrant (see [[call of the house]]), thereby stopping the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] from arresting the legislators. Senator John Whitmire only then returned without fear of being arrested. The rest of the Democrats followed, complaining that they had to charge their credit cards to the limit to pay lawyers.
