Indiana's controversial redistricting bill advanced out of the state Senate Committee on Elections in a 6-3 vote.

More than 120 Hoosiers signed up to speak to the committee as they prepared to vote on whether or not to advance the bill.

By: Casey Smith and Tom Davies Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana senators advanced a controversial congressional redistricting bill in a 6-3 vote Monday — but multiple Republican lawmakers signaled they remain open to voting no when it reaches the chamber floor.

The Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted 6-3 Monday night to advance a mid-decade redistricting bill.That vote now will now send the redistricting proposal

Republicans came one step closer yesterday in keeping their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year's midterms.

Republicans in the Indiana state Senate could give President Donald Trump a major political black eye this week — and the conservative voters who elected them say they don’t mind.

The map now moves to the state Senate, where it's unclear whether there is enough GOP support for it to pass, despite pressure from Trump.

The Indiana map passage follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has allowed Texas to proceed with its new voting map.

Indiana's redistricting bill passed its first hurdle in the Senate Monday. Why it matters: It's still unclear if Republicans in that chamber have the votes to pass House Bill 1032, which would give the GOP an advantage in all nine of Indiana's congressional districts and fan the flames of the national redistricting war.