Texas Democrat House representatives fled to Illinois and New York this month to deny a quorum for the in-progress, special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott! Why? The Texas Republicans are bowing to the arbitrary demand from President Donald Trump to give him five additional Republican congressional seats in the special session, to which he says "he is entitled." Whoa!

The U.S. Constitution requires that a census be conducted every 10 years to determine the population of each state. After the census data is collected, each state either gains population, or loses population, or retains the same population. Those states that gain significant population are authorized to receive additional congressional seats. Those that lost significant population will lose congressional seats. The total

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