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Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two-week absence

Chair of state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in Texas

Texas Democrats said on Thursday they are prepared to return to the state under certain conditions, ending a nearly two-week-long effort to block Republicans from passing a new congressional map that would add five GOP seats.

The lawmakers said they would return as long as the legislature ends its first special session on Friday, which Republicans have said they plan to do. Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, has said he will immediately call another special session.

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