Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier slept in House chamber
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A Houston attorney has filed an ethics complaint against House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, D-Houston, after the caucus livestreamed Texas House proceedings on social media platforms including a Democratic fundraising link to ActBlue.
State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police escort.
The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.