The clash continues over Texas’s push to pass a congressional map that helps Republicans win seats in the 2026 midterms.

After the Texas House didn’t reach a quorum on Tuesday, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said absconding House Democrats would return after the first special session is over. Those “who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas,

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.