Texas state House Republicans passed their redistricting bill Wednesday, despite staunch opposition from Democrats who describe the new maps as a power grab by President Donald ahead of next year's midterm elections that whittles away the voting power of minorities.

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

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.