Texas Senate set to vote on GOP redistricting plan that sparked weeks-long House standoff
The Texas Senate Debate of the controversial bill for redistribution of the GOP which sparked a dead end from the a week.
The proposal supported by the Republican, which Past the house In a vote of 88-52 parties on Wednesday, aims at redraw the map of the State Congress And produce five new GOP districts.
The Texas Senate committee on redistribution Advanced the bill Thursday Along the festive lines.
We do not know if the Democrats of the Texas Senate will try to delay the vote by breaking the quorum themselves. When a similar redistribution bill adopted the Senate during the first special session, all the Democrats except two left the House to protest. If the 11 Democrats are absent, the Republicans would be a shy senator from a quorum.
Once approved by the republican majority in the complete Senate, the bill will go to the office of governor Greg Abbott for his signature.
The Democrats promised to challenge the legality of the new card in court, arguing that it undermines the fair representation and dilutes the minority voting power.
California is launching a counter-report plan
The Texas redistribution plan has sparked a national struggle on political limits.
Earlier this year, President Trump asked Abbott To call a special session so that legislators can create additional republican districts, the New York Times reported. The unusual redistribution of mid-December was intended to help the GOP to keep its majority close in the House of Representatives after the mid-term elections of 2026.
The president’s party almost always loses seats at the mid-term congress, according to historical data. The Democrats won 41 seats in the House and the majority in 2018, Mr. Trump’s first mandate, and the Republicans won 9 seats to claim the majority in 2022, during the mandate of President Biden.
The Democrats of the Texas Chamber fled the State for two weeks to refuse a compulsory quorum in the House, killing the first special session and visit the Blue States to support. They returned earlier this week, allowing votes to continue.
Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom joined the fight, presenting a New Congress card To return five of the California seats from the Republican to the democratic. Voters will have to approve the plan during a special election called in the fall.
Newsom said this decision was necessary to “fight fire with fire” and prevent what he called an attempt supported by Trump from fueling the 2026 mid-term elections.
