Texas Dems Dislike Not Being In Power

Texas Dems Dislike Not Being In Power

Getting a taste of their own medicine for the first time in over 100 years, the Texas Dems dislike the fact the the Reps are trying to draw up a Reps gerrymandered political map rather than the Dem gerrymandered one already in existence. Well, tough. The fact that the losing party has more representatives in US congress than the winning party is exactly what happens when gerrymandering is allowed . . . and it is. Now they are going to have to pay the piper for all those years of freezing out the Reps. Unless, of course, the Reps chicken out - which they have been known to do on many occasisons. (Apologies to all gallo-Americans out there.)

Key senators denounce House map - Texas

Key senators declared a House-passed redistricting bill dead on arrival Tuesday and promised an alternative to better reflect growing GOP strength without dividing communities and robbing rural Texas of its influence in Congress.

"I've talked to a number of senators, both Democrat and Republican, and they've got some problems with the House map," said GOP Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Senate.

Democrats attending a redistricting hearing in Dallas said a bipartisan bloc in the Senate was ready to prevent the House map from reaching the Senate floor.