After a weekslong standoff, Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to slow a Republican plan to redraw voting maps have returned to the state's capitol. Republicans wasted no time passing the new congressional maps out of committee and barred the Democrats from leaving the chamber without a police escorts assigned to watch them around the clock.

The move will allow Republicans to move forward with their plan to redraw Texas' congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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.

The Texas House of Representatives is inching closer to a vote on congressional redistricting as Democrats who fled the state to protest the plan began returning Monday. CBS News political director Fin Gómez has more details.

Rep. Nicole Collier (D-TX) spent the night 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. CNN’s Arlette Saenz reports.

The Democrats will each be escorted by law enforcement officers to ensure they return Wednesday, as the state GOP prepares to pass a new congressional map.

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President Donald Trump announced on Monday they were "returning to Texas on our terms," as the battle lines harden 15 months before the U.

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout.

After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map.

Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a two-week walkout that broke quorum and temporarily blocked Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps at the behest of U.S.