Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a new congressional map that would have boosted Republican chances of keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s nationwide push to install more friendly maps. The vote represented a rare rebuke to […]
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Indiana Senate rejects Trump-backed congressional redistricting
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Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a new congressional map that would have boosted Republican chances of keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s nationwide push to install more friendly maps.
The vote represented a rare rebuke to Trump by members of his own party, which he has largely ruled with an iron fist as president. More than half of Republican senators appeared to have joined Democrats in voting against the bill despite a months-long pressure campaign from the White House aimed at the holdouts.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; editing by Paul Thomasch)