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A controversial Republican redistricting bill is expected to face a delay in the Texas Senate when a state senator from Houston launches a filibuster ahead of its final vote.Democratic state Sen. Carol Alvarado announced Friday her plans to filibuster the proposed congressional maps,
Vice President JD Vance will be in Georgia on Thursday to take a stab at pitching a massive bill that hasn’t yet been fully implemented.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress.
The Texas Senate passed a bill creating new congressional districts designed to eliminate five districts held by Democrats, sending the bill to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to end a weeks-long battle that has since sparked retaliation as California Gov. Gavin Newsom leads an effort to redraw his state’s districts in response.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a series of bills calling for new congressional maps that could add up to five Democratic seats in Congress, a response to an ongoing, Trump-led effort in Texas to use redistricting there to carve out five additional GOP seats.
GOP lawmakers are avoiding town halls as they try to sell voters on the new law, which is unpopular with many.
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon slammed House Republicans on Wednesday for not doing an effective job of selling the president’s “big, beautiful” law of tax and spending
Sen. Josh Hawley's bill to ban lawmakers and future presidents from trading stocks advanced out of committee with the aid of Democrats, but Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump have slammed the bill.
The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.