WASHINGTON (August 5, 2025)- Texas Republicans have been pushing to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more Republican House seats, in an effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year's midterm elections. This plan has caused Democrats in Texas’ House to leave the state on Sunday to prevent the vote on the plan. Governor Greg Abbott has demanded they return or risk losing their elected positions or the possibility of being arrested.
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Politics and Policy
Casey Burgat is a professor at the George Washington University School of Political Management. Professor Burgat is the director of the Legislative Affairs program and hosts its Mastering the Room podcast. Prior to joining GW, Burgat was a Senior Governance Fellow at the R Street Institute where his research focused on issues of congressional capacity and reform.
Matthew Dallek is a professor at the George Washington University School of Political Management. Professor Dallek is a political historian whose intellectual interests include the intersection of social crises and political transformation, the evolution of the modern conservative movement, and liberalism and its critics. He is also a frequent commentator in the national news media on politics, history and public affairs.
Law
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