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  Shimkus, Republicans testify in [IL] redistricting lawsuit
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News DateSaturday, November 19, 2011 12:10:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionTwo Republican congressmen became visibly emotional Thursday during a federal court hearing over a new congressional map drawn by Democrats, and a third proclaimed the plan as "a legislative drive-by shooting."

Four GOP members of the state's congressional delegation testified during the first day of a federal trial that will decide the fate of a Republican lawsuit against the map.

Reps. John Shimkus and Donald Manzullo got choked up during their testimony, and Rep. Peter Roskam recalled for the court his visceral reaction when he first saw the map when his wife pulled it up on their computer at home.

"I described it to her as a legislative drive-by shooting," Roskam recalled because it would keep the state's Democratic incumbents safe and decimate recent Republican gains in Congress from Illinois, which sent five freshmen to the U.S. House in 2010.
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