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The Texas Tribune on MSN · 20m

Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats’ walkout

The House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines. A Senate panel advanced a similar map Sunday, and the full chamber was expected to send the new lines to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk later this week.

Austin American-Statesman · 2h

Texas House approves GOP congressional map

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

Associated Press News on MSN · 5h

The Texas House OK’d GOP-favored redistricting. California intends to counter with map of its own

California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.

Texas House, escort and Democrats

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 2h

Was the Texas House Democrats’ quorum break worth the effort?

With the GOP-driven redrawing of congressional boundaries about to become law, Texas Democrats move to the next stage of their fight. Was the quorum

Democrat lawmaker locked in Texas House chamber after refusing police escort

The Texas House reached a quorum Monday after dozens of Democrats who left the state to block the vote on a GOP-favored congressional redistricting plan returned to Austin. The Democrats were asked to sign "permission slips" so they could be escorted by state troopers to ensure they would return when the session reconvenes Wednesday,

CNN on MSN · 1d

Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

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Live updates: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor Republicans in 2026 midterms

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five ...

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Texas House Rep. Nicole Collier locked in chamber Monday night after refusing to sign GOP 'permission slip'

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN2d

Rep. Ray Lopez of San Antonio will not seek reelection to Texas House

State Rep. Ray Lopez, a San Antonio Democrat, will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the Legislature’s lower chamber.

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