The Texas House of Representatives’ effort to approve a mid-census congressional redistricting map cleared an important hurdle with the passage of the bill’s initial reading on Wednesday afternoon. The resolution was approved along party lines after a five-hour debate. Final passage by the House is expected later on Wednesday.
The Texas House, by a party-line vote of 88-52, passed the initial reading of a measure to realign the state’s congressional seats. The measure is designed to add five additional Republican seats to the Texas delegation.
“Today, the Texas House passed one big, beautiful map — and I was proud to cast my vote to advance President Trump’s America First agenda,” State Representative Jared Patterson (R-Frisco) wrote in a post on social media. “Radical progressives like Gavin Newsom, Beto O’Rourke, and their allies tried to tell Texans what’s best for us. Today, we showed them that WE will always defend our citizens and protect their voices.”
The initial passage of the measure followed a five-hour debate, during which leaders of both parties expressed their support and opposition to the bill. Democrats previously refused to participate in this proper political debate and walked out of the first special session to break quorum.
The Texas Senate is set to vote on the measure and send the new maps to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for his signature.
Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care Products.
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