* Politico this morning…

DCCC Executive Director Julie Merz, who’s also pushing Illinois to move ahead with redistricting, says state leaders have a map in hand that they can vote on. “Last week, a proposed congressional map was submitted to state legislative leaders in Illinois for their consideration,” she said in a statement, adding: “Importantly, the map preserves Black and Hispanic representation in key districts across the state, is [Voting Rights Act] compliant, and keeps together communities of interest.”

* From House Speaker Chris Welch’s spokesperson…

The Speaker has not seen any map, and we will not be passing any map this week.

Leader Jeffries said yesterday that a new map didn’t need to be passed this week, but petition filing season ends on November 3rd, which is just six days away.

As I told subscribers this morning, it’s like the congressional Democrats are using the Chicago Bears’ Statehouse playbook.