New congressional districts are on the agenda for the special session that began in Texas on Monday. We discuss why Texas is redrawing its congressional map now and what it and similar efforts in other states could mean for party control of Congress.

After the devastating and deadly July 4 floods in the Hill Country, emergency response became the priority for the Texas legislature's special session.

North Texas representatives are engaged in the Texas special legislative session, addressing flood response, new THC regulations, and a contentious congressional redistricting effort driven by President Trump.

Texas’s constitution limits the legislature to just 140 days every other year to pass new laws. However, it also lets the governor call for “special sessions” between those