Texas GOP nears vote on new maps
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Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats’ walkout
The House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines. A Senate panel advanced a similar map Sunday, and the full chamber was expected to send the new lines to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk later this week.
Trump's Texas fight is aimed at giving the GOP an advantage in 2026 and a lame-duck president more power while in office. Democrats have other plans.
A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought an injunction against the law, which was to go into effect on Sept. 1.
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent 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.
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