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Rep. Collier spends second night at the Capitol amid quorum controversy
The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two weeks due to a controversial redistricting map. Rep. Collier refused to agree to leave the chamber under the surveillance of the Department of Public Safety.
Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting
Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police ...
Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...
Rep. Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort ...
The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.
Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...
Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...
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