AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Worth lawmaker is staging her own stand inside the Texas Capitol.

State Rep. Nicole Collier must remain on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives after declining to sign a document Monday that would assign her a law enforcement escort to monitor her movements across the state, according to a news release.

Collier remained on the House floor overnight, sleeping there accompanied by other House Democrats.

This comes in the wake of a tense standoff between Republicans and Democrats that has stretched on for weeks . Earlier this month, dozens of House Democrats left the state, many to Chicago, to prevent a quorum and stall a special legislative session focused on redrawing the state’s congressional maps.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that Democr

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