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If those conditions are met, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said Democratic lawmakers will return to the Texas House.
Texas Republicans will resume pushing through U.S. House maps that would carve out a bigger GOP advantage in the 2026 elections after state Democrats indicated they were ready to end a two-week walkout.
The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon.
The proposed redistricting map is set to return to the Texas Senate floor, despite significant public opposition. Republicans said it best suits Republican Con
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Texas Republicans call new special session for redistricting, this time with Democrats expected back
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to push through a redrawing of congressional maps to secure up to five more Republican seats in the US House.
More than 50 Democrats left the state on Aug. 4 in a quorum-breaking move to stop congressional redistricting by stalling official business in the House.
AUSTIN (KXAN)—Dolores Huerta, a labor and human rights activist, is in Austin this weekend, speaking out against Texas’ controversial congressional redistricting maps. Huerta, the 95-year-old co-founder of the United Farm Workers, will join Beto O’Rourke and Congressmen Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett at a rally at the Capitol on Saturday.