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Texas GOP Lawmakers Near New Districting Deal

HeadlineOct 09, 2003

Republican legislators have in Texas announced they reached a tentative agreement to redraw the Congressional districts in order to help more Republicans get elected to Congress. The final redistricting plan is expected to be unveiled this morning. Twice this year Democratic legislators boycotted the Texas legislature and fled the state to protest the redistricting.

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