She returned to the Austin building for the first time in about two weeks on Monday with other Democrats who left the Capitol to block a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan. Cheering the end of a first special session without a map passing and California's plan to redraw its federal map to favor Democrats,

Fort Worth Democrat Nicole Collier refused to sign the permission slip Monday that allow her to leave only if she is shadowed by a DPS agent until the

A Texas lawmaker confirmed she remained in her seat on the Texas House floor Monday morning after refusing to sign a GOP-mandated "permission slip" requiring Department of Public Safety escorts for Democrats who broke quorum over redistricting.

Collier is among the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. She and at least 51 other lawmakers left the Capitol to block a map that opponents say would disenfranchise voters and position Republicans to gain five seats in Congress.

Nicole Collier was a lone holdout who refused to accept the Republican condition that they could leave the chamber only if they accepted a round-the-clock state police escort to shadow them and