Lawmakers in the nation’s two most populous states were planning to vote Thursday on competing proposals as the battle over U.S. House maps intensified.

California Democrats are taking up their proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their congressional maps, hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

The California Supreme Court cleared the way for Democrats to move forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts Thursday.

Republicans feel they have supporting legal opinions to make the changes, but Democrats spent the day arguing the bill breaks ...

Facing opposition from Democrats who fled the state to stall the vote, Republicans hope the new maps will lead to more seats ...

Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what's likely ...

There is little Democrats in Texas can do to thwart the map change, but it has prompted retaliation in California.