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

Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

MSNBC on MSN · 19m

Texas Democrat spends night on House floor, alleges ‘illegal confinement’

It’s just wrong to require grown people to get a permission slip to roam about freely, so I resisted,” Rep. Nicole Collier told MSNBC’s Ali Vitali.

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Texas Democrat sleeps in chambers after refusing GOP law enforcement escort mandate

A trio of Texas Democrats slept overnight Monday in the statehouse instead of traveling home with a mandated law enforcement escort ordered by the Republican leadership.

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Texas State Rep Says Assigned Police Escort 'Made A Scene' And Threatened To Arrest Her

Texas Republicans forced Democrats to sign a slip authorizing a police officer to surveil them until Wednesday, when the ...

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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 ...

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Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier says she remains locked in the House chamber because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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Texas Democrats who fled could face felony bribery charges, governor says

Texas Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and disrupt redistricting efforts could face felony bribery charges, ...

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Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C.: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...

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