Texas Republicans, Democrats and congressional maps
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas House, Senate panels again advance redrawn congressional map
A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.
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Both parties expect a GOP map in Texas to clear a big hurdle in a national fight over redistricting
Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNTexas House to vote on new redistricting maps
The Texas House will vote on new congressional redistricting maps on Wednesday. The proposed maps would create five new Republican-leaning districts. Democrats oppose the changes, alleging racial discrimination in the new maps. AUSTIN - The Texas House will vote on new mid-decade redistricting maps on Wednesday after a two-week delay.
On Wednesday, the Texas House will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Obama applauds Newsom's California redistricting plan as 'responsible' as Texas GOP pushes new maps
Former President Barack Obama has expressed support for California Governor Gavin Newsom's approach to redistricting. Obama spoke at a fundraiser on Martha's Vineyard, emphasizing the need
The Texas House reached a quorum Monday after dozens of Democrats who left the state to block the vote on a GOP-favored congressional redistricting plan returned to Austin. The Democrats were asked to sign "permission slips" so they could be escorted by state troopers to ensure they would return when the session reconvenes Wednesday,
After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.