AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - For the first time in over two weeks, the House is scheduled to discuss and potentially vote on redistricting the state’s congressional map.

It comes after a two-week long quorum break that took place starting August 4, where more than 50 Democrat representatives left the state to remove the House’s two-third majority requirement to hold a quorum. After a new special session began Friday and roughly half of the absent lawmakers returned to the state, the House has a high chance of having the necessary number of lawmakers present to meet.

If passed by both the House and Senate and signed into law, the map would alter many of the congressional districts across the state, more heavily in areas like Austin, Dallas, Houston, and south Texas. All of the changes could giv

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