The Indiana House of Representatives voted on Friday to pass the GOP-friendly congressional map that has become the source of contention between state Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump.
The bill, which redraws Indiana’s congressional map to benefit Republicans in all of the state’s nine districts, passed the lower chamber by a 57-41 margin. Twelve Republicans broke from the GOP supermajority to oppose the bill.
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston and state Rep. Ben Smaltz were the only two Republicans to speak in support of the redrawn map on the floor ahead of the vote.
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“While the census anchors the process, nothing in the law prevents a legislature from revisiting maps when circumstances demand it,” Smaltz said.
The mid-decade redistricting measure now heads to the Indiana
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