The Texas Legislature was left today without the ability to pass any bills after the state’s Democrats fled en masse. Republicans were planning to vote this week to approve a new political map that was drawn at the behest of President Trump to flip five U.S. House seats in favor of Republicans.

Democrats, who lack the voting power to stop the map’s approval, left the state to prevent the Legislature from achieving the quorum needed to conduct business. They said they were willing to remain out of Texas for weeks.

Texas Republicans threatened to call for the arrest of the Democrats or strip them of their seats in the Legislature. But neither appeared likely. Instead, the state’s attorney general said, the Democrats would eventually come back on their own because their jobs and families are in Texas. Here’s what to know about the standoff.

In the meantime, Texas Democrats have gathered in blue states to discuss plans to fight the redistricting. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed today to counter Trump’s push for aggressive partisan redistricting with her own. “If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice; we must do the same,” she said.

For more: Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, explained how the new Texas map would change the outlook for control of the House.