The North Carolina Senate is voting on a controversial redistricting plan that seeks to add a Republican seat to the state's Congressional delegation.

North Carolina legislative leaders say they intend to approve the new congressional map that would impact the state's only swing seat -- an effort to give Republicans more momentum heading into the 2026 midterms.

Stein in a letter last week urged House and Senate lawmakers to pass a budget — which was supposed to be enacted at the end of June — but said that in the absence of a comprehensive plan, funding for items such as Medicaid “cannot wait and demand your attention in your September session.”

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. There were no key votes in the House this week. Senate Continuing appropriations The

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to deny reports he would debate Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on C-SPAN during a Wednesday

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday walked back his agreement to debate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire” program. Johnson originally told the