Reports on social media indicate that the Texas House of Representatives levied fines of more than $9,000 to the quorum-busting runaway Democrats who fled the state earlier this month. Previous reports indicate the legislators must pay the fines with personal funds, not campaign funds.

The Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock posted a report on social media Thursday night, revealing that letters were being sent to House Democrat quorum breakers stating that they would be fined in excess of $9,000. The House rules allow the application of the fine of $500 per day if a representative leaves the state for the purpose of breaking quorum.

Actions by the jet-setting Texas Democrats who fled the state in a failed attempt to block mid-census congressional redistricting plans led to the termination of

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