Texas House Democrats will end their weeks-long standoff Tuesday and return to Austin. Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

The Texas Senate passed a GOP-friendly House map on Tuesday, putting it a step closer to final passage in the state Legislature. The upper chamber voted 19-2 to pass a new set of congressional lines that would give Republicans five pickup opportunities in the U.