SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNI) - Gov. JB Pritzker welcomed a contingent of Texas House Democrats to Chicago Sunday night as part of a strategy to delay a vote in Austin on a mid-decade redistricting plan designed to give Republicans an additional five congressional seats in next year’s midterm elections.

The Texas Legislature is currently meeting in a special session originally called to deal with several issues including massive floods in the central part of the state that left more than 100 people dead last month. The subject of congressional redistricting was added to the agenda at the urging of President Donald Trump, according to the Texas Tribune .

Republicans control the Texas House by an 88-62 margin , but Texas requires at least two-thirds of the members be present for the House to

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