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Redistricting showdown returns to the Texas Legislature floor
The redistricting fight returned to the Texas House. Lawmakers wasted no time pressing each other on the details.
After weeks of delays, Texas Republicans who control the state House are slated to begin the process for their controversial redistricting plan.
House Bill 4, the redistricting legislation, is the only item on the lawmakers' agenda when they reconvene on Wednesday.
Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP congressional seats in the state.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.
California Republican leaders are fighting back against a proposal that Democrats released last week to redraw congressional district boundaries.
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Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate
Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor.