Sentences with phrase «house redistricting plan»
A Senate GOP source confirms several reports that the congressional district currently held by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY - 22) has been carved up in the their House redistricting plan, along with Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman's seat.
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Progressives have long accused Cuomo of disingenuously propping up the Senate Republican majority so he can use it as a convenient excuse — a buffer against having both legislative houses controlled by left - of - center Democrats — pointing to maneuvers like his 2012 deal with Skelos on a redistricting plan that gerrymandered districts in favor of the GOP.
In June 2001, the task of redistricting passed to the LRB after the state legislature failed to pass a redistricting plan for either the House or Senate.
Prosecutors said that the money helped the GOP win control of the Texas House and that the majority then pushed through a DeLay - organized congressional redistricting plan that sent more Republicans to Congress.
1) The Supreme Court rules the Texas redistricting plan unconstitutional: Previous lines are restored and (depending on if they are used for the 2006 elections) Democrats gain six seats in the House and Republicans lose 6.
The voting procedures and thresholds for passage of a redistricting plan by the independent commission and the legislature varies depending on which parties control each house of the legislature.