Senator: Redistricting Should be Debated "On Senate Floor" LAST UPDATE: 9/5/2003 3:04:31 PM Posted By: Jim Forsyth (AUSTIN) -- One of the eleven Democratic Texas state senators who spent 34 days in New Mexico in an attempt to kill a Republican backed Congressional redistricting plan returned to the Capitol today, and vowed to continue the battle on the Senate floor. John Whitmire (D-Houston), the longest serving member of the Texas Senate, urged Governor Rick Perry not to call a third special session to discuss the issue, but he said if that happens, he will 'be present' in the Senate. Whitmire,...