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.

California begins its plan to add more Democrats to Congress. The California legislature will consider three bills that will allow a special election.

Texas Republicans are triumphant Thursday morning after a success in their efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps – but California Democrats are set to make their move, in a redistricting battle that has become a proxy war between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.