During shutdown, Senator Al Franken will donate his pay to the hungry.

[Courtesy Flush]

http://www.alfranken.com/2013/10/03/swmpls-patch-sen-franken-to-donate-pay/

Sen. Al Franken will be donating the salary he receives while the federal government is shut down to Second Harvest Heartland, a hunger relief organization that works throughout Minnesota.

Franken chose this organization because he said people who rely on the federal government’s safety net programs may need help making ends meet as a result of the shutdown.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Democrat is leading. Challenge Boehner and the Republican multi-millionaires to do the same. nt

[alphafemale]

2. Are there ANY senators that could not comfortably forgo that salary?

I think ALL senators are very well off for the most part.

I imagine most reps could do without the salary as well.

My opinion is that reps should be a thing like jury duty.

You go to DC for two to six weeks and your normal salary is paid no matter what that is. Contact to you with special interest funds is banned.

OK maybe it is stupid. But what we have now is intolerable.

Little fascists superfunded by the 1%

[Courtesy Flush]

3. Related story

A GOP rep is refusing to take a cut on the grounds that she can't afford to (though her husband is a doctor), and a Dem is refusing because the government shouldn't be shut down to begin with.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-goper-i-need-my-paycheck

[cali]

4. both of my senators live on their salaries

pat leahy, to his great credit, could have used his 38 years in the senate to become wealthy. he didn't.

My rep could certainly afford it.