Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostTexas legislators early on Saturday approved a new electoral map aimed at carving out five new Republican-leaning seats in the state to help the party retain control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections.
The state senate voted along party lines to pass the map 18-11 shortly after midnight local time, following more than eight hours of heated debate.
Last week, the state legislature’s lower chamber adopted the bill.
Democratic Senator Carol Alvarado’s last-ditch plans to filibuster the…Read More