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First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps
The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.
Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNTexas House Democrats 'rip the slip' in solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier
Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on the controversial Texas congressional redistricting maps.
The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.
The national party is seeking to frame the quorum break as galvanizing event for Democrats. Texas Republicans are likely to pass the redistricted maps.
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Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate
Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor.
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.
This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored by police if they left the statehouse again.
CBS News Texas spoke with Rep. Nicole Collier via Zoom, and she said the situation is wrong, just like the new congressional maps she and other Democrats have tried to block from being passed.