U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ push for Illinois Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map as a counter to President Donald Trump’s mid-decade redistricting project in GOP-led states has met a cool reception with state lawmakers.

“I think there is next to zero appetite to do it,” one House Democratic lawmaker told Capitol News Illinois. Another lawmaker said “there is no world where I see this happening.”

Lawmakers are back in Springfield next week for the final days of their annual fall veto session. Reform of the state’s public transportation agencies and addressing soaring energy costs have dominated the discussion. But Jeffries is making a late play with state legislative leaders to put a new map on the agenda, too, Punchbowl News, a Washington D.C.-based news or

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