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Texas GOP nears vote on new maps as Democrats stage protest in state House

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed un...

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Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effort

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More Texas Democrats Spent The Night At The State Capitol In Protest

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California Redistricting Hearing Turns Heated as Republicans Mount Opposition Campaign

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats.

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Night at the Capitol: One Democrat’s unexpected protest grips Texas

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Texas Democrat spends night in Legislature protesting police shadowing in redistricting battle

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Even at the Grocery Store, Texas Troopers Don't Let Democrats Out of Sight After Walkout

Collier said having officers shadow her was an attack on her dignity and an attempt to control her movements.

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Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting

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Texas lawmaker in redistricting fight spends night in Capitol to avoid police monitor

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Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don’t let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

How Texas Republicans are punishing statehouse Democrats who fled the state

Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to trail them everywhere they go.

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Texas House Democrats return to Capitol, ending walkout over redistricting plan

After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map.

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Texas lawmakers ready to vote on maps to give GOP stronger edge in US house

After Democrats spent several weeks delaying a vote, the Texas House is poised to vote on new congressional district that could help Republicans win several Democratic seats.

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Where Trump is popular, Democrats look to a new crop of candidates to help win back the House

North Carolina farmer Jamie Ager is part of a new crop of Democratic candidates the party is turning to as it tries to compete in the tough, often rural districts it may need to flip to retake the U.S.

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Texas House to take up GOP congressional map delayed by Democrats’ walkout

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

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Texas House fails to make a quorum on 6th attempt as Democrats continue holdout, second special session looms

Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

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Democrats release plan to boost party’s California US House seats

While a general notion behind drawing districts is to unite what’s called communities of interest — neighborhoods and cities that share similar concerns or demographic traits — the proposed