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It's not completely rude. The other problem with the judges' 2001 plan was that it shortchanged the fast-growing suburbs to benefit slow-growing rural northern East Texas. The new map seeks to rectify this inequity by moving one of the northern East Texas seats into the DFW suburbs.

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House panel quickly passes Republican redistricting plan

AUSTIN – A Republican redistricting map described by its author as likely to unseat six Democratic congressmen won rapid approval Saturday from a Texas House committee.

With little debate, the redistricting panel advanced the newly drawn map by a vote of 10-4 about an hour after it was unveiled.