The governor announced he was expanding his special session agenda shortly after the Texas House passed a congressional map that Democrats had delayed by leaving the state.

Texas Republicans are triumphant after a success in their efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps, but California Democrats are set to make their move.

Greg Abbott on Wednesday added three new items to ... when they “willfully absent themselves during a session.” RELATED: Texas House passes HB4 redistricting bill after Democrats return from quorum break In a press release, Abbott said the legislation ...

The governor also alleged absconding Democrats may have committed felonies by fundraising to cover the $500-a-day fines they will face under House rules.

Gov. Greg Abbott has expanded the agenda of the ongoing second special legislative session to include penalties for lawmakers who intentionally break quorum — a move aimed at Democrats who walked out during the first session.

Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting, but support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll on Gavin Newsom’s high-stakes gerrymander. The POLITICO-UC Berkeley Citrin Center survey conducted by TrueDot found that 70 percent of Democrats believe gerrymandering is “never acceptable.

California Democrats are rushing Thursday to advance a plan to draw a new congressional map, aiming to counter Texas Republicans in a national fight between the two parties to seize an advantage in next year’s midterm elections.