About 50 Texas Democrats who fled the state to delay a redistricting vote won’t get paid until they show up at the capital, the Republican speaker of the state’s House of Representatives said Friday.

House Speaker Dustin Burrow’s threat came after the Texas House, for the third time this week, failed to establish the quorum necessary to continue a special legislative redistricting session – thanks to the 55 Democrats who are still AWOL . 3

“Comptroller Kelly Hancock and I have enacted a new policy stating that any member absent for the purpose of breaking quorum will no longer have their paycheck or per diem deposited electronically,” Burrows announced on the floor of the chamber.

“While the Constitution forbids us from withholding pay, it does not dictate how we issue the pay

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