The Republican leader of the Indiana Senate said the chamber would not meet to redraw the state's congressional map, rejecting pressure from President Donald Trump and the state's governor.

“Today I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December,” Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray said in a statement.

The White House has repeatedly pushed Indiana, where Republicans currently control seven of nine congressional seats, to join the national mid-decade redistricting push to shore up the party's narrow House majority in next year's midterm elections. Vice President J.D. Vance visited the state twice to press lawmakers, while Trump called legislators recently.

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun called a special

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