Overview

• Texas Republicans scheduled a Monday session to vote on a new congressional map after more than 50 Democrats fled the state to deny a quorum
• Democratic state lawmakers remain in Illinois and other Democratic-led states to block passage of proposed lines that could net Republicans up to five additional U.S. House seats
• Gov. Greg Abbott authorized rolling special sessions and obtained arrest warrants for missing legislators while Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to have vacant seats declared
• Sen. John Cornyn enlisted FBI assistance to locate the fleeing lawmakers, a move Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker labeled grandstanding that has no legal basis under federal law
• Governors in Illinois, California and New York are finalizing plans for their own mid-cycle redistricting efforts to counter Texas’s map overhaul before the August 19 deadline