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Message comes after Texas Democratic lawmakers stymied another GOP effort to gain more seats at president’s behest

After the recent signing of President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill,” House Republicans are reportedly pushing for another large domestic policy package. However, Senate GOP members are expressing doubts about the feasibility of such a move.

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President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are reportedly working on a redistricting strategy that has been compared to a scheme “making Watergate look like forgetting a library book” by Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

A plan to redistrict states to benefit Republicans was conceived of 15 years ago. It’s been an enormous success

On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit to remove 13 Democratic lawmakers from office after they fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting plan aimed at securing more GOP congressional seats.

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The GOP is quietly sounding alarms as Rep. Cory Mills of Florida faces accusations from assault, to corruption in Washington.

The gerrymandering drama in Texas – and beyond – has continued to unfold after Democratic state legislators fled the state. The Democrats want to prevent the Republican-controlled government from enacting a mid-decade gerrymander aimed at giving Republicans several more seats in Congress.