The Texas redistricting battle landed on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston Wednesday.

Many Texas Democrats have fled to other states to block the vote on the new congressional redistricting map, which would create five more potential GOP seats in Congress.

Business in the Republican-dominated Texas House screeched to a halt in its third week of a special legislative session Monday when Democrats no-showed a critical vote on a GOP-driven plan to redraw congressional districts to further conservatives’ agenda in Washington.