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Florida Republicans have apparently settled on a new congressional map they hope will help them cement their overwhelming majority in the state’s delegation for a decade to come.

While the state’s GOP lawmakers have been tossing around a series of proposals for the past few weeks, sources tell The Fix that they have settled on a map that is expected to pass out of the state legislature in the coming days. (The map can be viewed here.)read more >>

For the second time in five years, Texas’s new congressional map is headed for a date with the Supreme Court.

And the results could be very significant, both in Texas, in the 2012 election, and for the future of the congressional redistricting process.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R). (Photo by Gerald Herbert)

So, for those who aren’t versed in legalese, redistricting, or the Lone Star State generally (it’s not all about Texas Gov. Rick Perry), here’s what you need to knowread more >>

The Obama administration on Tuesday will wade into the increasingly divisive national debate over new voting laws in several states that could depress turnout among minorities and others who helped elect the president in 2008.read more >>

Everyone on the left side of American politics, from the near end to the far end, has advice for Occupy Wall Street. I’m no exception. But it’s useful to acknowledge first that this movement has accomplished things that the more established left didn’t.

The problems of growing economic inequality and abuses by the masters of the financial world have been in the background for years. Many progressives longed to make them central political questions.read more >>

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) and the GOP-controlled state Senate on Tuesday removed the chairwoman of the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, after the commission drafted a map that Republicans say favors Democrats.

In response, Democrats are threatening to launch recall efforts against four moderate Republican state senators who gave the GOP the two-thirds majority it needed to execute the move.read more >>

Every 10 years, incumbents are forced to face off with one another thanks to the reshuffling of congressional districts known as redistricting.

And with a little more than half of states now done drawing their new maps, we’ve got a pretty good idea about where those incumbents will be dueling.

Below, we look at the top ten districts where it looks like incumbents will fight one another, review their just-filed third quarter fundraising numbers, and try to give you a sense of where their races are going.read more >>

Florida state House Speaker Dean Cannon (R) says his state is likely to set its primary for Jan. 31, which would probably have have the effect of pushing the presidential primary process up one month to begin shortly after the New Year.

“We’ve been communicating with the governor’s office and Senate president’s office, and I expect them to pick Jan. 31,” Cannon told The Fix. “Obviously we don’t know for sure until the meeting.

Cannon’s sentiments were first reported by CNN’s Peter Hamby.read more >>

Postal workers rallied Tuesday across the country in hopes of drawing attention to Democratic-backed legislation supported by their labor unions that they believe would best fix the U.S. Postal Service’s financial woes.

At a rally in downtown Washington, several dozen workers angrily targeted Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who is co-sponsoring a bill that would set up a financial control board to overhaul USPS finances — and possibly force layoffs.read more >>

Thousands of Washington area homeowners facing foreclosure have deluged state housing agencies with last-minute appeals for help from a $1 billion federal mortgage assistance program set to expire at the end of the month.read more >>