Texas congressional map favouring Republicans passed
The Texas Senate approved a bill to redraw the state’s congress maps by order of President Donald Trump in order to turn the five chairs held by the Democrats into republicans.
According to the US media, approval comes after the state house passes on Wednesday.
The measure is going to Governor Greg Abbott, like a Republican, a Republican, who will be signed into the law in the middle of the country -wide red distribution war.
Carol Alvarado, a Democratic State Senator, said on Friday that he plans to delay the measure by constantly talking in social media, legislative parliament.
However, the Texas Tribune ended the discussion of a rare procedural movement immediately after midnight of the Senate Republicans on Saturday and killed Filibuster by directing the room directly to the final vote.
In the report, the Senate accepted the bill in a party line vote between 18 and 11 after a discussion more than eight hours.
Republicans agreed to win more congress seats in Texas, despite the surveys of the party’s winds, they believe that they would help maintain their subtle majority in the US House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
More states controlled by Republicans are considering similar action.
Other states in which California and the Democrats swear to resist such movements.
On Thursday, the California Legislative Assembly approved a redistribution plan aimed at giving democrats five more congresses – a move that must be approved by voters in November.
The Texas plan does not need voter approval, but the Democrats stated that they would challenge court.
The Texas invoice was postponed for two weeks after organizing a strike needed by the legislative competence to the Republicans. They came back.
During the discussion on Friday, some MPs reiterated their criticism that the democrats brought up the agenda in the Parliament, and that the new Texas map violated the Federal Law by dizing the Spanish and black voting power and discriminating on the basis of race.
Senator Royce West, a democrat, predicted that the new map would reduce the number of African Americans representing Texas in Washington from four to two.
Orum I call it retrogation, West said West.
Texas senator Phil King, a Republican sponsoring the bill, said that he did not think of the race many times and that the lawyers meet all the legal requirements.
“Why should I use racial data from my perspective?” He told his senators.
“The voting history is much more accurate and it is well established as a legal way to draw maps.”
Most Americans believe that the re -scratching of the congress lines to maximize the political gain, known as Gerrymandering, is bad for democracy, a Reuters/IPSOS survey this week.
