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Texas Democrats flee state to block Republican-led congressional map proposal backed by Trump
More than 30 Texas Democrats are leaving the state to stop a vote on a Republican-backed plan to redraw congressional districts. The move aims to block the creation of five new Republican-leaning seats. read more More than two dozen Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an effort to block a controversial vote scheduled for Monday that could result in the creation of five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives. Around 30 Democratic lawmakers are reportedly heading to Illinois, where they plan to remain for a week. Their departure is intended to deny the Republican-controlled House the quorum needed to proceed with the vote on redrawing the congressional map. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In a strongly worded statement, the Texas Democrats accused their Republican counterparts of 'cowardly surrendering' to Donald Trump's push for a redistricting plan designed to cement Republican influence and 'advance his disastrous policies'. 'By denying Trump's loyalists a quorum, Texas Democratic lawmakers are blocking his redistricting agenda,' the statement declared. The plan to flee the state is said to have been coordinated with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who met with the Texas Democratic caucus last month and has directed his staff to provide them with logistical support during their stay. The redistricting proposal has drawn fierce criticism, with Democrats accusing Texas Governor Greg Abbott of using disaster relief as leverage. They claim he delayed aid to victims of last month's Guadalupe River flooding to pressure lawmakers into backing the redrawn map. 'We're leaving Texas to stand up for Texans,' said Gene Wu, chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus. 'We won't allow disaster relief to be held hostage for the sake of Trump's gerrymandering plan.' Wu added, 'We're not abandoning our duties—we're walking out on a rigged system that ignores the voices of those we represent. As far as we're concerned, this corrupt special session is now over.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The newly proposed map, unveiled last week by Texas Republicans, is designed to strengthen the GOP's grip in next year's midterm elections. It aims to carve out five additional Republican-leaning districts, particularly targeting Democratic strongholds in Austin, Dallas and Houston, as well as two closely contested districts in South Texas.
Indian Express
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‘Some Americans to get dividend': Distribution of money from tariff revenue possible, says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has said that distribution of money received from the tariff revenue is possible and that some Americans could get some kind of dividend from the 'reciprocal tariff' being imposed on America's trading partners, Reuters reported. 'There could be a distribution or a dividend to the people of our country, I would say for people that would be middle income people and lower income people, we could do a dividend,' Trump said ahead of boarding his Air Force One after leaving his golf club in New Jersey. Trump has imposed tariffs on almost all its trading partners in order to balance their trade deficit with the US. The US president first announced the 'reciprocal tariffs' in April which led to a global financial crisis with stock markets plunging across the world market. Trump had then decided to put the tariffs in moratorium for 90 days and set a baseline 10% tariff for the countries, and made room to negotiate deals with the federal administration. The deadline which was supposed to end on July 9 was extended to August 1 and several countries were able to strike a deal with the US. However, a country like India, which isn't able to finalise a deal on time with the US administration has been imposed with a 25% tariff on all its products exported to the United States, while Trump has also threatened a penalty for purchasing Russian oil and arms. The United States was able to finalise a deal with the UK, European Union, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan among others. The Republican leader has argued that tariffs boost American manufacturing and protect jobs. However, Trump's volatile trade policy has thrown the world economy into crisis and sent jitters across all the stock exchanges. Several firms have also increased their prices for the US consumers as a result of Trump's tariff policy.
Indian Express
44 minutes ago
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Democrats leave Texas to prevent Republicans redistricting map backed by Trump
Democrats in Texas fled the state on Sunday in order to block the vote on the Republicans' effort for a new congressional map backed by the US President Donald Trump which would have rewritten the state congressional map. The Texas Republicans unveiled the new congressional map earlier this week which had the districts of the state redrawn in order to help the Republicans preserve the party's slim majority in the US House of Representatives. The 150-member Texas House requires at least two-thirds of the members to be present in order to conduct the voting. However, 51 Democratic leaders left for Chicago, denying Republicans the required number for the quorum to hold a vote. The Democratic lawmakers have reportedly said they would steer away from the state for at least two weeks until the end of a special legislative session convened by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott for the voting. Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found, arrested, and brought back to the Capitol immediately. We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law. — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 3, 2025 The redistricting of the Texas state legislature, if passed, would potentially remove five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives ahead of the mid term elections in 2026, which could aid the Republicans to hold on to their slim majority in the house. Texas state legislator and chairman of the Democratic caucus Gene Wu criticised the move by Republicans to hold a vote on redistricting and said 'We're not walking out on our responsibilities. We're walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent,' BBC reported. Texas' attorney general and a potential candidate for US Senate, Ken Paxton, said on Sunday evening that 'Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found, arrested, and brought back to the Capitol immediately.' Texas Republicans, while defending their move, have argued that redistricting is required over concerns that the current maps unconstitutional and racially gerrymandered.
