WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The redistricting fight continues in Texas, as State House Democrats remain out-of-state for a second week in a row.

"A quorum is not present," Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday before the body adjourned.

More than 50 Democrats have fled Texas, and there aren't enough lawmakers left to vote.

"We intend to kill the first called special session," State Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D-Texas.) said.

A group of those Democrats joined Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin in Chicago Monday.

"It isn't just a Texas issue. This is an American issue. An issue as to whether or not there's due process and fairness in our politics," Sen. Durbin said.

President Donald Trump wants Texas's new congressional map to add five Republican-leaning seats to help bolster their slim majority in

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