After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House on Wednesday passed the bill by a vote of 88-52. It was passed after ...

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

The awkward moment happened just hours before the redistricting plan passed the Texas State House and was praised by Donald ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

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After a two-week quorum break by Democrats, the Texas House forced through a redistricting plan on a party-line vote.

After a long day of debate, the Texas House of Representatives passed GOP-favored congressional maps Wednesday evening that ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

The new map could secure the GOP five additional seats in Congress in next year's midterms. Democrats say they now plan to challenge the map in court.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar efforts in other states.