House Republicans say they’ve taken extra time in drafting their budget proposal to root out wasteful spending and make targeted investments.

The Texas House of Representatives gaveled back into session Wednesday morning with the controversial proposal to redraw congressional maps up for a vote after Democrats fled the state to protest the earlier attempt to bring the bill to the floor.

Laken Riley's mother and stepfather endorsed Rep. Mike Collins as the House Republican runs for a U.S. Senate seat in the state of Georgia

House Republicans and the governor have each put forward separate plans to inject roughly $3 billion in additional funding into the state’s roads each year. Senate Democrats have not proposed a plan.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

With control of the U.S. House up for grabs next year, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr is urging Kentucky Republicans to put him at the top of the state ticket, saying it would help President Donald Trump’s party keep the House seat Barr is vacating.

On Wednesday, the Texas House is finally debating a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is pushing donors to rally behind Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), arguing in an internal memo that Attorney General Ken Paxton is losing his polling advantage in Texas’s high-stakes Senate primary.