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Omaha Steve

(99,632 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:12 PM Oct 2013

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Forgo their pay during shutdown? Midlands lawmakers split on the idea

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131004/NEWS/131009431/1685#forgo-their-pay-during-shutdown-midlands-lawmakers-split-on-the-idea

By Joseph Morton

WASHINGTON — Many government workers not being paid right now are worried about how to make ends meet if the shutdown drags on.

But one category of federal employees enjoys guaranteed pay: members of Congress.

Those 535 members of the House and Senate have their salaries enshrined in the Constitution.

That makes it “mandatory spending.” In other words, no mere shutdown is going to stop their checks.-+
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Forgo their pay during shutdown? Midlands lawmakers split on the idea (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2013 OP

They are all multi millionaires anyway. The gesture to give their checks to charity is meaningless. liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #1

liberal_at_heart

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1. They are all multi millionaires anyway. The gesture to give their checks to charity is meaningless.