The Texas Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislature’s third special session in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2021. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images
The Texas House is scheduled on Aug. 20 to vote on a newly drawn congressional map that would give Republicans five extra seats.
The Texas Senate passed the map on Aug. 13. Were the state House to pass the map, it would go to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.