Abbott Says He Will Quickly Sign Into Law New Texas Congressional Map Favoring Republicans

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 23 celebrated the state Legislature’s passage of a new congressional map drawn to favor Republicans, and vowed to quickly sign it into law.

The Republican-majority Texas Senate passed the new congressional map into law in a party-line vote in the early morning hours on Aug. 23. Texas’s Republican-majority House of Representatives had approved the redrawn map in an Aug. 20 vote.