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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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Texas House Democrats return to Capitol, ending walkout over redistricting plan
What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work
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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Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map
Texas Democrats say they’re ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan
A Look at Texas' Redistricting Walkout and California's Response, by the Numbers
Democrats' boycott of daily sessions kept the House from passing a new map because the state constitution requires 100 of the chamber's 150 members to be present to do business.

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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Ensuring GOP Redistricting Plans Will Pass
Texas Democrats return to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting
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Photos: Texas Democrats return to Austin as redistricting standoff ends

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

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ aggressive redistricting plans have returned, restoring quorum and allowing the GO

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.
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