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Texas lawmaker refuses police escort, spends to night in the House Chamber, complete with props
House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that Democrats who previously left the state could not leave the chamber unless they agreed to having a DPS escort. Collier refused one and must remain in the chamber.
The standoff with Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier comes as the Texas legislature moves forward with new congressional maps.
Collier is among the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. She and at least ...
Nicole Collier had refused to sign a “permission slip” to leave the chamber. Most of her Democratic colleagues complied.
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