Ben Thorpe

A final vote is expected on Thursday.

For NPR News, I'm Ben Thorpe in Indianapolis.

Republicans last week appeared to cave to months of pressure from President Donald Trump to draw maps that could eliminate the two Democratic congressional seats in Indiana.

Senators initially rejected calls to vote on the issue, with Senate leadership saying he would not call lawmakers to the Capitol because there weren't enough votes.

But following that decision, both Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Braun said they would support primary challenges against lawmakers who were not supportive of the new maps.

Lawmakers also faced anonymous threats to their families, homes and businesses that seemed connected to the ongoing debate.

The Indiana House will gather this week to discuss new maps.

Next week, the Indiana Senate will meet to vote on whatever proposals come from the House.

For NPR News, I'm Ben Thorpe in Indianapolis.

The announcement comes after months of pressure from President Trump to draw maps that could eliminate the two Democratic congressional seats in Indiana.

After senators first rejected calls to vote on the issue, Trump and Braun said they would support primary challenges against legislators who did not back the new maps.

Lawmakers also faced anonymous threats to their families, homes and businesses that seemed connected to the ongoing debate, although the motives are still unclear.

The state's House leadership now says that they would convene during the first week of December to consider new maps.

Shortly afterwards, the Senate President Pro Tem announced the Senate would convene a week later to make a final decision on any House redistricting proposals.

For NPR News, I'm Ben Thorpe in Indianapolis.

Lawmakers in Indiana have received pressure for months from the state's governor and even the Trump administration to redraw the state's congressional voting maps to favor Republicans.

At least four Republican state senators, all either against or undecided on redistricting, have been swatted in the last week.

Swatting is an intimidation tactic where a false report is used to draw police to a person's house.

One of these incidents came just hours after Trump mentioned a senator by name on social media.

But motives of the swatting incidences are unknown and remain under investigation by police.