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Texas GOP nears vote on new maps

First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new wi...

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Texas House set to vote on redistricting maps Wednesday

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Texas Democrats return to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting

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Texas Democrats sleep at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

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.

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Texas Democrats hold town hall on new congressional map

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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass

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Multiple Texas Democrats will spend night inside Texas House ahead of proposed congressional map vote

“I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,” Collier stated in a news release.

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Democrat lawmaker locked in Texas House chamber after refusing police escort

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Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting as California prepares to retaliate

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.

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Texas Democrat spends night in Legislature protesting police shadowing in redistricting battle

A Democratic Texas lawmaker has chosen to spend the night in the state House chamber to avoid being shadowed by law enforcement.

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Texas redistricting walkout and California's response: Analysis

The Texas House reached a quorum earlier Monday after Democrats returned to Austin ending a two-week standoff with Republicans over proposed congressional maps.

Democrats, Republicans expect Texas-sized fight over new congressional maps on House floor Wednesday

The vote will take place after Democrats returned to the House Monday, which established a quorum for the first time in two weeks.

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A look at Texas’ redistricting walkout and California’s response, by the numbers

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts through the GOP-controlled Legislature.

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California Democrats hold hearings on new congressional map to counter Trump-backed redistricting

Californians had their first chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers how they feel about a partisan plan to win Democrats more U.S. House seats by making a new political map in response to a Republican redistricting effort in Texas that President Donald Trump wants.