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

Furious national Democrats have vowed payback for the Texas map, with California's legislature poised to approve new maps ...

More Texas Democrats plan to spend the night in the state Capitol in protest amid redistricting fight

A group of Texas Democrats are returning to the state House in Austin where they will spend the night — the latest step in a ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

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 ...

More Democratic House members join state Rep. Nicole Collier on chamber floor in protest

Collier stayed on the House floor overnight, sleeping in the chamber, alongside two other lawmakers, House Democratic Caucus ...

Texas state House on cusp of passing election map favored by Trump

The Republican-controlled chamber will gavel back into session Wednesday with an intent to vote on a plan to help the GOP in the midterms.

Texas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map after lengthy fight

Texas Republicans on Wednesday will take up a new state congressional map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House ...

Trump urges Texas Republicans to swiftly pass redistricting maps while Newsom, California Dems counter

Texas Democrats end walkout as GOP-controlled legislature prepares to vote on redistricting maps that could flip five ...