Louisiana passes new congressional map to eliminate majority-Black district, give GOP another seat
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Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
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