Legislation: Legislation Archive 109th Congress: Redistricting

Legal Center Urges Senate to Hold Redistricting Reform Hearings

Congressman Tanner Introduces Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2005

On May 25, 2005, Rep. John S. Tanner (D-TN) and twenty cosponsors introduced legislation in Congress to prohibit states from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting afer a decennial census, and further, to require states ot conduct such redistricting through independent commissions.