A weeklong walkout by Texas House Democrats is blocking redrawn congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump and put in motion a broadening fight across the U.S. over redistricting. There is still no swift end in sight to the standoff that has scattered dozens of Texas Democrats to Illinois,

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

Texas, said Thursday that the FBI approved his request for federal law enforcement to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block GOP redistricting efforts. State Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer and Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos,