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Texas Republicans’ redistricting map: How the GOP could increase its stronghold.

The proposed congressional districts are fueling a redistricting battle at the Texas Capitol and could have national consequences. A bipartisan war is already brewing across the U.S.

CBS News on MSN · 11h

Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effort

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 4h

Texas House committee advances new congressional map hours after Democrats' return to Austin

State Rep. Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi Republican, introduced the new map and was open about how the changes are meant to “increase Republican performance.”

Texas, escort and Capitol

CBS News on MSN · 2h

Texas Democrat locked inside Capitol after refusing to sign slip for mandatory escort

Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

CNN on MSN · 52m

Democratic Texas lawmaker spending night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is spending 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.

HuffPost on MSN · 2h

Texas State Rep. Refuses To Leave Capitol Amid Democrat And Republican Showdown

State Rep. Nicole Collier said she would not fall in line with the GOP House speaker's requirement that Democratic lawmakers be surveilled by state troopers.

11hon MSN

Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

The chairman of the state Democratic Party said the lawmakers “are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts.” ...

Texas Democrats end stunt as Gov. Newsom advances his own gerrymandering gambit

The California governor’s fight over district lines is no defense of democracy but a ruling-class ploy, exposing the ...

Texas lawmakers hope for redistricting vote soon

Lawmakers in Texas are pushing to vote on new election maps that could give the Republican Party five more seats in the U.S.

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Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN3d

Texas megadonor Alex Fairly will fund legal bid to keep GOP lawmakers on the primary ballot

The Amarillo businessman said he would tap into the $20 million political action committee he launched last year to preserve ...

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSN1d

What happens during the second special session? | Texas: The Issue is

In the Texas legislature, the first special session ended abruptly Friday after Democrats in the House refused to come back ...

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