[goldstategop]

The State Legislature will be required to draw congressional boundaries under the same set of criteria as that used for state representative offices. The amount of political fixing they can do has been severely limited.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Eagle Forgotten]

The State Legislature will be required to draw congressional boundaries under the same set of criteria as that used for state representative offices. The amount of political fixing they can do has been severely limited.

Does Texas have a referendum procedure? If the Dems can't gerrymander the California delegation to the House, I'd expect them to try to undo DeLay's gerrymandering of the Texas delegation. This vote might start a trend that would, overall, work to the GOP's disadvantage.