“In Texas, Democratic state lawmakers left the state in an attempt to block Republicans from pushing through a redistricting effort aimed at giving their party five additional seats in Congress.”

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“President Trump’s effort to create five additional Republican House seats in Texas, for instance, is possible in part thanks to a 2019 Supreme Court decision that said federal courts have no role to play in assessing the constitutionality of voting maps distorted by politics. The drama in Texas, spurred by Mr. Trump’s desire to bolster Republican chances of retaining control of the House in next year’s midterm elections, caused Democratic lawmakers to leave the state in a bid to stall the plan.”

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“At the insistence of President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans took the extraordinary step of advancing legislation to redraw district lines mid-cycle and trying to add five seats to the narrow GOP advantage in the U.S. House. In response, Democrats are finding a new boldness — Texas lawmakers are fleeing the state to deny a quorum”

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“As Democrats in the Texas House have left the state to stonewall Republicans from moving forward with the redistricting plan, which aims to gain five GOP US House seats”

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