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Texas Democrats return to the state, ending two-week standoff over redistricting

Texas Democrats return to the state, ending two-week standoff over redistricting

Texas Democratic lawmakers said they had returned to the state Monday after a two-week absence that temporarily blocked Republican leaders from enacting a plan aimed at padding their party’s majority in the U.S. House, a move that sparked a national political firestorm over redistricting. The legislators decided to end their standoff after they prevented Texas Republicans from passing a redrawn …

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