A political showdown is playing out between Texas Republicans and Democrats over redistricting mid-decade. This fight has nationwide implications over the balance of power in Congress in next year's elections and beyond.

Speaker Dustin Burrows has scheduled a House session at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11. The Texas House failed to meet quorum for the third time on Friday , with only 95 lawmakers present. The House needs 100 members in attendance to make quorum so they can vote on new Congressional maps in Texas that would give Republicans five extra seats, at the expense of Democrats.

Most of the Democrats flew to other states, meeting with Democratic Governors in Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, and California on Friday. They want those states, which are run by Democrats, to cha

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