A Republican-led House in Texas is pushing a mid-decade redistricting plan, with the goal of cementing Republican dominance in Congress. Democratic lawmakers staged dramatic walkouts, leaving for Oklahoma and New Mexico to deny Republicans a quorum. State troopers were dispatched to track them down.
This was not Texas in 2025; this was Texas in 2003.
Princeton University professor of history and public policy Julian Zelizer tells the story.
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