Republicans poised to vote on new House map that would erase Democratic seat in Tennessee – US politics live

Tennessee poised to vote today on new US House map Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to push through a plan later today that would carve up a majority-Black congressional district. The move would reshape the electoral map to the GOP’s advantage as part of president Donald Trump’s strategy to try to hold on to a slim House majority in the November midterm elections. …