AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Democrats prepared for a final show of resistance against a Republican effort to redraw the state's congressional maps mid-decade, signaling plans to speak late into Friday night on the Senate floor in an attempt to delay final passage.

It's the latest chapter in a weekslong showdown that has roiled the Texas Legislature, marked by a Democratic walkout and threats of arrest from Republicans. While much of the drama has unfolded in the House - where the map ultimately passed on Wednesday - Democrats are mounting one last breath of resistance as the maps move toward likely approval.

"Republicans think they can walk all over us. Today I'm going to kick back," Democratic state Sen. Carol Alvarado wrote on social media Friday. "I've submitted my intention to filibuster

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