Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win

Texas House Democrats on Wednesday plan to offer an amendment that would block a Republican redistricting effort until the complete release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Why it matters: The Democratic effort,

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

Other Democratic lawmakers have joined a colleague in staying at the Texas Capitol rather than accept around-the-clock police escorts meant to prevent them from blocking a vote on a Republican plan for redrawing congressional districts.

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.

Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

An elections expert said on Sunday that the Texas Republican Party made a "critical" admission about their redistricting efforts, which could cause their efforts to backfire. For the last month, the Texas GOP has tried to pass a new election map that would eliminate five Democrat-controlled seats.