Redistricting bill heads for final House vote as Democrats easily rebuff GOP amendments
Legislation redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts awaits final approval in the House of Delegates, before heading to the Senate and legislative purgatory.
The House gave preliminary approval Friday to House Bill 488 after the Democratic supermajority rebuffed a series of Republican amendments over two days. Del. C.T. Wilson (D-Charles), sponsor of the bill, said it makes the state’s congressional districts “fairer.”
“We’re, in fact, forcing the issue, and the issue isn’t R and D,” Wilson said. “The issue is standing up to this current administration.”
House Republicans had another word for the bill and the process that led to the maps: “Rigged.”
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