HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After getting both chambers' approval, legal challenges have started against a redistricting bill, but legal experts said there's not much time for those challenges to stop the map from being implemented.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS SEND REDISTRICTING BILL TO THE GOVERNOR
A week after the second special session started, Texas House and Senate Republicans sent a redistricting bill to the governor. They hope it sends five more GOP members statewide to D.C.
Democrats did everything they could to slow it down. House Democrats broke quorum for two weeks.
In the Senate, Senator Carol Alvarado attempted to filibuster the bill, which would've slowed down a vote. However, after a fundraising email was sent before she started, Republicans blocked her efforts.
Alvarado told ABC