The Republican-controlled Texas House has passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party’s majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections as battles over redistrict...

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed a redrawn congressional map on Wednesday that creates up to five new winnable Grand Old Party (GOP) seats in Congress, and further deep...

“In a democracy, people choose their representatives,” State Rep Chris Turner said. “This bill flips that on its head and lets politicians in Washington, DC, choose their voters.”