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The Texas House is preparing to fast-track its redistricting process. House Speaker Dustin Burrows is warning lawmakers their schedules will be demanding until the work is done, now that Democrats who fled the state have returned.
Democratic House members left in protest of a special session called by Governor Abbott to push through a Republican-drawn House map where the GOP would potentially gain more seats. They came back after securing an agreement to adjourn the first special session last Friday.
Meanwhile, California Democrats are taking steps to redistrict as well to try and counteract the forthcoming Texas maps and potentially grow the number of Democratic seats represented by the Golden State.
