(AP) — The Republican-controlled Florida House approved new congressional districts that would upend the state's political landscape following a sharp debate Tuesday during which legislators quoted everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Bob Dylan.
The House vote of 76-35 sets up a potential clash with the Florida Senate, which is expected to vote this week on a map that doesn't match up with the House version.
Voters in 2010 approved new standards that said legislators could not draw legislative or congressional districts to benefit an incumbent or a member of a political party.
Many Republicans chafed at the state court ruling, and nine of them voted against the map supported by GOP leaders as a protest.
