A Texas Senate committee advanced a new GOP-friendly House map Thursday as Republicans look to quickly move forward in both chambers with passing new congressional lines that would give the Republicans several pickup opportunities ahead of 2026.  In a 6-1 vote, the Texas Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting advanced an identical set of congressional lines that a Texas state House passed earlier this month.

The House map aims to give Republicans five more pickup opportunities, impacting lawmakers in the Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Rio Grande Valley areas.  The move in the Texas Senate committee tees the House lines for a vote on the state Senate floor.   But with Texas Democrats having fled the state to block the quorum, or the minimum number of lawmakers need

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