The Texas House is adjourned until Wednesday morning. But one state representative is staying in the chamber, staging a protest that’s gaining attention. Before the House adjourned Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows,

Generations of Texas politicians have sat, voted and debated in the cushioned leather chairs on the floor of the state’s House of Representatives, but few have spent the night in one — let alone with a bonnet and eye mask.

Texas Democratic legislator Nicole Collier says she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes Wednesday morning, the latest development in the two-week saga involving a redrawing of Texas’ congressional map.

Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday.

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in two weeks, a quorum was met in the Texas House after many Democrats returned to Austin. That allowed the legislature to advance a bill to redraw maps that will likely affect Houston’s representation in Congress. Democratic leaders said they believe their quorum break was a success.