The Louisiana Senate voted 27-10 to pass a congressional map that would reduce the state’s majority-Black U.S. House districts from two to one.

In unanimous agreement Thursday, the U.S. Senate decided that if the government stops working, their paychecks should too. The resolution, championed by Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, ensures that federal closures will finally hit lawmakers where it actually hurts: their own bank accounts.

Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), whom President Donald Trump endorsed in Louisiana’s Senate race, has missed every vote in the House this week. Letlow has missed 12 roll call votes since Tuesday, when the House returned from a one-week recess.

After hours of debate and comments from the public took the meeting well past midnight, the committee advanced a map to the full Senate. It’s the first concrete step in a deeply contentious process.

State senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one

Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both held by Democrats. The new map comes after the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s current House map last month in a ruling that found the state had

The Louisiana Senate on Thursday approved a new voting map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black, Democratic-leaning congressional districts with only a few minor changes to a version approved by a legislative committee the day before.