Democrats were quick to file a series of amendments, which were voted down, but used process to raise objections
Texas Republicans brought a bill to the floor of the state legislature on Wednesday to redraw the state’s congressional districts, making quick use of their regained quorum after the return of protesting Democratic legislators.
Democratic state representatives filed a series of amendments to the bill which were voted down, but used the process to raise objections to taking up redistricting before flood relief, to house rules which require a police escort when leaving the chamber and to the proposal itself, a mid-decade change which they argue reduces the voting power of people of color in service to Republican political gains and further gerrymanders the state at the cost of democracy.
