Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed under law enforcement watch.

The weekslong fight over Texas’ congressional map could come to a head Wednesday, as representatives from the Lone Star State are set to vote on the changes. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton has the latest on “Morning in America.

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Texas Democratic state lawmakers delayed the vote by fleeing the state, but enough returned this week for the body to reconvene.

Some Texas state House Democrats are refusing to leave the chamber, after Republicans required them to sign a form allowing Department of Public Safety troopers to follow them.

The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue, are likely to redraw their own maps.

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