Texas Democrats caved and will return to the Capitol for Governor Abbott’s 2nd special session to vote on the GOP’s redistricting effort. The Democrats fled last week to block the Republicans from voting on a new congressional redistricting map. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office if they didn’t return to the Capitol. The Texas Democrats caved and will return to the House. The Republican-controlled Texas Senate officially passed a new congressional redistricting map today. Despite nine of the 11 Senate Democrats walking out before the vote, leaving the floor nearly empty, the Republican majority pressed ahead. The map, passed 19–2 along party lines, is designed to create up to five new…
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