The political showdown over new congressional maps in Texas moves to the House floor on Wednesday. While Republicans and Democrats expect multiple amendments and points of order to kill the maps that will give Republicans five more seats, the maps are still on their way to passing.

The vote will take place after Democrats returned to the House Monday, which established a quorum for the first time in two weeks.

Speaker Dustin Burrows ordered all Democrats who left the state and broke quorum to sign permission slips so they could be assigned a Texas DPS agent to escort them around the clock to ensure they return to the House chamber Wednesday morning for the vote on the congressional maps.

But Democratic Representative Nicole Collier of Fort Worth would not sign the permission

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