AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats are staging a new kind of protest ahead of an expected vote on a proposed new congressional map on Wednesday.

State Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) spent the night on the House floor after refusing to sign a document requiring a police escort to leave the building. Now, a number of her colleagues are joining her.

Collier is confined to the House chamber and must remain on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives since she did not sign a permission slip to allow a DPS officer to escort her and constantly monitor and surveil her, wherever she goes.

“When I heard that the only way the Democratic members who broke quorum or denied a quorum could leave it was to sign a permission slip. To get permission to leave to be in the custody of DPS offi

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