A battle over future control of the U.S. House of Representatives has spilled out of Texas into the rest of the country, with the FBI now potentially getting involved.

Dozens of Democratic state legislators left Texas last week , preventing a vote on redrawing Texas’ congressional map that would give Republicans five more seats in Congress — a move pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said Thursday the FBI had granted his request to “assist Texas law enforcement in locating members of the Texas House of Representatives who have fled the state in a shameful attempt to thwart the legislative process.”

“We cannot allow these rogue legislators to avoid their constitutional responsibilities,” Cornyn said in a stat

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