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Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police ...

Dem Texas lawmaker spends night on state House floor after refusing GOP-mandated police escort

A state lawmaker has refused to leave the Texas Capitol as Republicans use police to prevent Democrats from fleeing the state ...

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 ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

Texas Democrat Locked in State Capitol for Refusing Mandatory Escort

Rep. Nicole Collier is one of dozens of Democrats who fled Texas earlier this month to block a vote on a Trump-backed redistricting plan.

Texas Democrats get around-the-clock trooper escort after returning to Austin

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas House on Monday gaveled in with a quorum for the first time in two weeks as Democratic lawmakers ...

TX Dem who stayed in state Capitol overnight after refusing law enforcement escort speaks out

One of the Texas state lawmakers who fled the state must remain inside the Austin statehouse chamber after she refused Republican leaders’ conditions that would have required her to have a law ...

Austin Rep. Sheryl Cole says DPS escort 'threatened to arrest' her on a morning walk

"He lost me on the trail, got angry about it, and made a scene in front of my constituents on the trail," Cole said about the ...