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Texas Democratic Lawmakers Return to Cheers and Consequences

Aug. 19, 202502:04

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After a weekslong standoff, Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to slow a Republican plan to redraw voting maps have returned to the state’s capitol. Republicans wasted no time passing the new congressional maps out of committee and barred the Democrats from leaving the chamber without a police escorts assigned to watch them around the clock. NBC’s Ryan Chandler reports for TODAY.