Political Landscape - Redistricting fights may spread beyond Texas and California [1] - Several other states could be next in line for redistricting battles [1]

And dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers are back in Austin now after temporarily blocking Republican le redistricting efforts. The Texas House had enough members for a quorum yesterday for the first time in two weeks. The chamber is now expected to take up the new Republican drawn maps tomorrow.Governor Greg Abbott defended the redistricting effort last night on Fox News >> because the Democrats did return to the Texas capital to the state of Texas this morning and then hours later uh the House committee a ...

With this bus back at the Texas capital, the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over this redistricting bill is now over. Dozens of Democrats returned from Chicago after a two-week quorum break that they staged in order to delay a Republican redistricting bill. Governor Abbott is asking lawmakers to draw in five more Republican districts into the congressional map here in Texas to give them an edge uh for next year's midterms.The Democrats fled town, stopping business here at the capital for more th ...

Turning now to some Texas Democratic lawmakers who returned to the state for the first time in two weeks after leaving to block the Republican efforts to redraw that state's congressional districts with the hope of giving the GOP five more seats in the House of Representatives. By leaving the state, the state house was able unable to reach a quorum during a special session, meaning they were not able to conduct any official business. NBC News correspondent Ryan Chandler joins us now from the state house in ...

From @WSJopinion: Gavin Newsom proposes to redraw the state’s congressional map to parry a similar move by Texas Republicans. It’s a gambit to elevate himself as his party’s standard-bearer, writes Allysia Finley. https://t.co/ezhDKLwxfa ...

Will Redistricting Fight Spread After Texas And California? These States Could Be Nexthttps://t.co/FaRWMCNd76 https://t.co/QPIjuiA9OE ...

[Music] Got some breaking news for you this morning. Texas Democrats say they're returning to the state after fleeing for two weeks to prevent a GOP redistricting overhaul. It comes as a Texas Senate panel on Sunday advanced a redrawn congressional map that aims to create five new Republican districts as President Trump looks to hold on to GOP control of the House in the midterms.But Democrats aren't just drawing their own battle lines in California. They're drawing new congressional map lines with Governor ...

Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a Republican redistricting effort are returning after a two-week holdout https://t.co/cFeFrPuphL ...

Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a Republican redistricting effort are returning after a two-week holdout https://t.co/PqFa4j9SoP ...

The lawmakers want more Americans to know what redistricting is and to understand why voters should choose their politicians, not the other way around https://t.co/eMdpCHTPdy ...