The Missouri House provided final approval on Tuesday to a redrawn congressional map that takes aim at Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, sending the matter to the Senate in what’s been a deeply contentious special session.

But Rep. Dirk Deaton’s bill didn’t receive support from House Speaker Jon Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, a move noted by detractors of the unusual mid-decade redistricting effort.

Patterson told St. Louis Public Radio via text message: “I do think the map is attractive in many ways. It is more compact and contiguous in many respects. But as a Jackson countian, I couldn’t support it being split in half.”

The House voted 90-65 on Tuesday to transform Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district into a GOP-leaning seat by linking part of Missouri’s largest city with a slew of rural cou

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