Virginia state Senate Democrats passed their redistricting constitutional amendment Friday, putting the party one step closer to redrawing the Old Dominion’s congressional lines. Democrats in the upper chamber passed a constitutional amendment for a second time that would allow lawmakers to redraw Virginia’s House map and temporarily bypass the state’s redistricting commission.

Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections

Virginia Republicans contend that state Democrats are conducting a blatant power grab — the same argument Democrats use in criticizing Trump’s redistricting push — and reneging on a voter-passed amendment approved a few years ago giving authority to draw congressional lines to a bipartisan commission of slate lawmakers and citizens.

Day 1 of the General Assembly and the Democrats wasted no time leaving their mark, with the House of Delegates approving four constitutional amendments touching on big issues.