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AUSTIN, Texas (KXXV) — The fight over congressional redistricting is expected to return to the Texas House on Wednesday morning. The agenda includes discussion on House Bill 4, which relates to the "composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas."

According to the Revised Statutes of the United States, at the first session of Congress, the body must first swear in a speaker who then administers the oath of office to all members present ...

The new map could secure the GOP five additional seats in Congress in next year's midterms. Democrats say they now plan to challenge the map in court.

Until a House Speaker is chosen, no one can be sworn in, and everyone's technically a member-elect. This is the first time it's happened in a century.

The Texas House reached a quorum Monday after dozens of Democrats who left the state to block the vote on a GOP-favored congressional redistricting plan returned to Austin. The Democrats were asked to sign "permission slips" so they could be escorted by state troopers to ensure they would return when the session reconvenes Wednesday,