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from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Texas Democrats have successfully

prevented Republicans from moving forward on a plan backed by President Trump to redraw the state's

congressional map, at least for now.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burroughs a short time ago.

Members, a quorum is not present.

The role has been called, and a quorum has not been established.

More than 50 Texas Democrats fled the state over the weekend to prevent

passage of that controversial redistricting map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress.

Allie Jarmanning of member station WBUR spoke with two of them.

Representatives Anna Hernandez and Armando Wally are in Boston for the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Wally says they're not afraid of Governor

Greg Abbott's threats to remove them from office for not showing up to vote.

Our constituents expect us to fight. They don't expect us to lie down. I'm not worried about any

legal political ramifications because the people have elected us to do what we're doing today.

Hernandez says this redistricting attempt should be a warning to other states.

Because it's Texas now, but it's going to continue through the rest of the states, and it's going

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