AUSTIN — A heavy influx of new residents, many of whom are Hispanics, has Texas poised to gain more congressional seats than any other state, and Tuesday’s announcement of the exact number begins what figures to be a politically divisive process on how to divvy them up.

via Texas to leap forward in Congress | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

Just judging by the condition of the country after a couple of decades of Texas leadership in Washington… More Texas Republicans in Congress should scare the hell out of the rest of America.