JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Lawmakers in the Missouri House passed two measures Tuesday outlined in Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s call for an extraordinary session.

The Republican-controlled state House passed a controversial proposal that would redraw the state’s congressional maps to give the GOP a chance to flip one of the two Democrat-held seats.

The new district maps from Kehoe’s office significantly alter Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, an office currently held by Democrat Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

The current boundary of the 5th district encompasses much of Kansas City. The proposed district would still include parts of Kansas City, but spreads the boundaries down the Interstate 70 corridor into parts of Columbia.

President Donald Trump publicly called for the state to redraw

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