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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

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Texas Democrat Refuses To Leave Capitol Overnight in Redistricting Standoff

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Texas Democrats return to state capitol after redistricting furore

Texas Democrats say they will return to the state's legislature, ending a two-week stand-off over the proposed gerrymandering of its seats in the US House of Representatives that could favour US Pres...

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Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map

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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass

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Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effort

"Our return allows us to build the legal record necessary to defeat this racist map in court, take our message to communities across the state and country, and inspire legislators across the country ...

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Texas Democrats return to the state, ending two-week standoff over redistricting

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Democrats return to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map

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What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work

Republicans can move ahead with redrawing Texas’ congressional districts now that Democratic lawmakers have returned to the state.

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Texas Democrats say they’re ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan

The Bakersfield Californian · 9h

Democrats get police escorts to prevent a new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

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Democrats Get Police Escorts to Prevent a New Redistricting Walkout as California Moves to Retaliate

Collier, who represents a minority-majority district, said she would not “sign away my dignity" and allow Republicans to “control my movements and monitor me.”

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Texas House Democrats end walkout by returning to Austin Monday

Texas Public Radio · 19h

Texas House Democrats return to Capitol after two-week quorum break

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Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

The chairman of the state Democratic Party said the lawmakers “are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts.”

Texas Democrats who fled the state to block GOP redistricting push begin returning

Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to deny a quorum are making their way back, each on their own timeline, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

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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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Texas Democrats showed how to use Trump's playbook against him

For weeks, Texas Democrats have been doing everything in their power to draw national attention to a radical Republican plan to try to hang on to the House of Representatives in next year's midterms by gerrymandering the state's already heavily skewed maps even further.