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Louisiana House passes version of congressional map removing one majority-minority district
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Louisiana House passes version of congressional map removing one majority-minority district

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana House passed its version of a new congressional map Thursday, moving the state one step closer to finalizing its districts after weeks of debate. The approved plan removes one of the state’s two majority-minority districts, a move that follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring the previous map unconstitutional.

A Beleaguered Gentleman: Speaker Mike Johnson

A Beleaguered Gentleman: Speaker Mike Johnson

  • Philip Wegmann | RealClearWire

The sky is cloudless and blue on a warm April afternoon as a cheerful Mike Johnson, seated on a beige couch next to an unlit fireplace in an office still new to him, contemplates his demise, taking solace in Providence and repeating the words of John Quincy Adams – an illustration of his circumstances almost as much as a reluctant acceptance of fate: