The Texas Senate started its session on Friday morning and debated a controversial GOP redistribution bill, triggering a week -long house standoff.
Republican-supported proposal, which Passed the house In 88-52 party-line votes on Wednesday, the objective is Repeat the state Congress map And produce five new GOP-shrinking districts.
Texas Senate Committee on Relating Upgraded the bill on Thursday With a vote with party lines.
It is not clear that Democrats in the Texas Senate will try to delay the vote by breaking the quorum itself. When the uniform revival bill passed the Senate during the first special session, all but two democrats went out of the chamber in protest. If all 11 democrats are absent, Republican would be shy to a senator of a quorum.
Once the Republican is approved by the Republican majority in the full Senate, the bill will be the head of the Gov Greg Abbott desk for its signature.
Democrats vow to challenge the validity of the new map in the court, arguing that it reduces proper representation and dilutes minority voting power.
California launched a counter-method plan
The Texas Refining Plan has led to a nationwide fight on political boundaries.
earlier this year, President Trump asked Abbott To call a particular session so that the legalists can create an additional Republican district, the New York Times reported. Recovery of unusual mid -decade was to help GOP maintain its narrow majority in the House of Representatives after the mid -term elections of 2026.
According to historical data, the President’s party almost always loses seats in the midnight in the Congress. Democrats won 41 house seats and majority in 2018, first term of Mr. Trump, and Republican raised 9 seats in 2022 to claim majority during President Biden’s tenure.
Texas House Democrats fled the state for two weeks, denying a compulsory quorum in the House, killing the first special session and visiting Blue States for support. They returned earlier this week, allowing votes to move forward.
During that time, California Gav Gavin joined the newsmum battle, an introduction one New Congress map To flip five seats in California from Republican to Democratic. Voters will need to approve the plan in a particular election to decline.
Newsom said that the step was required to “fight fire” and stop what the trump-supported attempt to rush in the mid-term elections of 2026.
