AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The quorum break may be over this weekend, just under two weeks after it began. House Democrats have announced that they will return under the conditions that the first special session adjourns, and that California introduces new congressional maps of its own.

The first special session is expected to adjourn on Friday, after House Speaker Dustin Burrows said he would sine die, or end, the session if a quorum was not reached by then.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a media conference on Thursday to announce California's "Election Rigging Response Act," expected to be a ballot measure for voters to approve new congressional maps for the state in November. Those maps could lead to pickups for Democrats, intended to counter the possible five seat gain for Republicans if

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