In Texas, the state senators began a public hearing on a bill to resume the polling districts of the Congress in the state, a step that can win the Republican five more seats in the House if the GOP scheme fully works.
Public hearing is a necessary step before proceeding a bill for a vote on the floor of the state Senate, Nexstar KXAN told,
Democrats fled the state before this heat to prevent Texas Gove Greg Abbott and Republicans from having legislative quorum necessary to pass the law.
But Democrats are expected to participate in the new special session after drawing attention with their walkout and triggering more redistribution efforts across the country.
State Rape Josi Garcia (D) said in an interview with KXAN, “We did what we said that we need to do so, and it is bringing a spotlight on the issue.”
Most especially, California village Gavin Newsome (D) is making an effort to replace district lines in its state for any possible damage to Democrats in Texas. Democrat Released his proposed map on Friday evening.
Newsom is To hold a special election This is a decline on a ballot remedy that will suspend the independent redistribution commission of the state by the end of the decade in an attempt to maintain with the Republican Germandering.
Newsom has insisted that to sideline the Commission, which California approved back in 2008 and 2010, would be temporary, and that re -defining the lines will be triggered by rebelling only in red states.
“They hold five seats, we have five seats,” said Newsom.
KXAN said that the leaders of the Texas House hopes that the House will have enough members on Monday to do legislative business.
GOP State Sen Phil King told KXAN that new maps would be legal and would perform better for Republicans in the state.
“We heard a lot of testimony that there were many districts in the current map which were not compact, not together, they were not tight in their design, and in this map, listening to that testimony, we implemented it, and this map is much more compact than the current Congress’s Revivaling Map.”
The proposed changes target five districts in the areas around Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, which create Republican-Hukavav seats.
Texas Push was directed by President Trump, which is also advancing other states, where the Republican Republican seats are under the government’s control to see the redistribution to achieve the seats. States considering such options include Missouri and Indiana.
Trump was impeached twice in his first term after the Democrats withdraw the control of the House.
Because the GOP has a very narrow majority in the House and the President’s party usually loses seats in mid -term elections, Democrats have a real possibility of re -achieving the house majority in 2026.
