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California Republicans are now suing.

Hours after voters approved a measure to redraw the congressional map that could help Democrats flip as many as five House seats in the state.

Marisa Lagos, with member station KQED, has more on the outcome of yesterday's vote.

Voters in this solidly Democratic state overwhelmingly approved the initiative, known as Proposition 50.

Its passage is a huge win for California Governor Gavin Newsom and House Democrats, who crafted

the measure in August after President Donald Trump demanded Texas redraw its maps to give the GOP five more

safe house seats. Speaking Tuesday night, Newsom said Prop 50 was about holding Trump accountable.

And so I want to thank everybody that stood up not just for our democracy, but stood up

for those that have felt bullied and intimidated.

Republicans called the measure anti-democratic and warned it will result in large swaths of the

state losing their voice in Congress.

For NPR News, I'm Marisa Lagos in San Francisco.

President Trump is attributing yesterday's Republican losses in the first major contest of his

second term to the government shutdown. If you read the posters, the Trump is attributing yesterday's Republican losses in the first major contest of his second

term to the government shutdown. If you read the pulses, the shutdown was a big factor, negative

for the Republicans. And that was a big factor. And they say that I wasn't on the ballot was the

biggest factor. At a White House breakfast with Senate Republicans, today Trump urged

Senate Republicans to end the filibuster, which requires 60 yes votes and reopen the government.

Well, millions of government contractors are caught in the ongoing shutdown and are not guaranteed to receive back pay when it's over.

NPR's Windsor Johnson reports industry leaders warn that small companies

are already running out of money. About 4 million people work for companies that contract with

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