Kamala Harris thanks Texas Democrats for standing up for the people during a redistricting fight. Democrats face a GOP mid-decade remap to avoid coalition districts.

The so-called “permission slips” were issued to Democrats who broke quorum and fled the state in a 15-day fight over GOP gerrymandering. The slips, which they were forced to sign in order to leave the Capitol grounds, required them to have a police escort at all times.

Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent the night at the state's Capitol, which she live streamed, after refusing to sign a pledge that she would return for a vote on redistricting. Her protest came after House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced that the Texas Democrats would not be allowed to leave the chambers until they signed a document promising to show up the following morning and that they would be forced to have police escorts back and forth.

Rep. Nicole Collier gets surprise phone call from former Vice President Kamala Harris during her second night sleeping on House floor

State Representative Nicole Collier plans to stay in the Texas Capitol until Wednesday in protest against a police escort policy.

Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort Worth Democrat has been confined to Texas Capitol since Monday after refusing to sign a “permission slip” turning her over to Texas Department of Public Safety custody for monitoring.