Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, refused to sign a permission slip allowing her to leave the House floor with a police escort, and remained in the Capitol overnight in protest of the GOP’s mid-decade redistricting plan.
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Abbott’s bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees
Governor Greg Abbott has filed a legal petition to have the seats of Texas Democrats declared vacant after they left the state to deny the Legislature a quorum, in an effort to pass a new congressional map that adds additional GOP seats.