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.

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

ANYBODY HAVE A MAP? Texas’ redistricting rodeo is hurtling toward the final buzzer today with Republicans in the Texas Senate set to greenlight the White House-backed redistricting plan that would create five new GOP congressional seats, after the state House rubber-stamped the effort yesterday..