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Texas Democrat locked inside Capitol after refusing to sign slip for mandatory escort
Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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Democratic Texas lawmaker spending night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort
Texas State Rep. Refuses To Leave Capitol Amid Democrat And Republican Showdown
Texas Democratic Rep. remains locked inside House chamber after not signing slip for a DPS escort
Rep. Nicole Collier, of Fort Worth, returned to the Capitol Monday, but remains in the House chamber because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by Texas DPS.

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What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work
Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map
Democrats Get Police Escorts to Prevent a New Redistricting Walkout as California Moves to Retaliate
“I know these maps will harm my constituents,” she said in a statement. "I won’t just go along quietly with their intimidation or their discrimination.”

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Texas Democrats end walkout as Republicans try to pass redrawn map
Texas lawmakers return home after walking out of legislature and spending two weeks in Illinois to prevent GOP remap

Texas Democrats End Walkout, Ensuring GOP Redistricting Plans Will Pass

Democratic allies say walkout effectively drew national attention, as legislature begins second special session to pass redistricting
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Photos: Texas Democrats return to Austin as redistricting standoff ends

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Texas Democrats return to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting

Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout.

Texas legislature likely to advance new congressional maps after Democrats return to make quorum

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in two weeks, a quorum was met in the Texas House after many Democrats returned to Austin. That allowed the legislature to advance a bill to redraw maps that will likely affect Houston’s representation in Congress. Democratic leaders said they believe their quorum break was a success.

Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President Donald Trump announced on Monday they were "returning to Texas on our terms," as the battle lines harden 15 months before the U.

Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's 18th congressional district.
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