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WATCH: Texas Senate Democrats blast ‘immoral, racist’ redistricting plan

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After Democrats in the Texas Senate tried—and failed—to stop a vote approving a Republican bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps, state Sen. Borris Miles (D-Houston) delivered a fiery message to voters. The Senate vote, though, is moot as Democrats blocked the bill in the state House. Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to call another special session to pass the measure.
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Op-Ed: 60 years later, we’re still fighting for the soul of our democracy

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I will not stop fighting. I will not stop speaking. I will not stop marching inside and outside the chamber until every Texan has fair and full access to the ballot that was promised them in 1965.
Greg Casar speaks about new maps for US House seats in Texas

Texas Republicans unveil new congressional maps targeting 5 Democratic US House seats

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Texas Republicans proposed new maps for US House seats in the state, targeting five Democratic districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and South Texas.
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A power grab in plain sight: Inside Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting push

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Texas Republicans are backing a mid-decade redistricting campaign to secure GOP control of Congress, a move that Democrats and civil rights activists call a partisan power grab driven by Donald Trump.
TEXAS POLITICS - Courier Texas

North Texans fight back against ‘racist’ redistricting

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Hundreds of people testified against the redrawing of congressional maps during a hearing at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday.
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