A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed under law enforcement watch.

Rep. George Whitesides, a prime GOP target, would be in a bluer district as other Dems pick up more Republican voters.

"You take away our freedoms, we'll take away your seats," said Jodi Hicks, CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, during Gov. Gavin Newsom's pitch to adopt Democratic-leaning maps to offset President Donald Trump's attempt to bolster GOP seats in Texas.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win. The extraordinary move expected Wednesday comes at President Donal

Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.