Members of Congress are still being paid during the government shutdown. Some have decided to donate their pay to charities or keep their paychecks. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore), Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Towson) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington) were unavailable for comment.
Keeping paycheck
- Steny Hoyer
- Hoyer is keeping his paycheck during the shutdown. He also co-sponsored a bill to provide retroactive pay for all federal workers, furloughed and non-furloughed.
Representative (D, Mitchellville)
"Congressman Hoyer will continue working to end the government shutdown to ensure federal employees can return to work as soon as possible," said spokesperson Mariel Saez. - Barbara Mikulski
- Benjamin Cardin
- Donna Edwards
Donating paycheck
- Andrew Harris
- John Delaney
Declining paycheck
- Dutch Ruppersberger
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4 comments:
Vote all four of these democratic pieces of trash out of office.
Are we surprised?
What a bunch of uneducated voters in Maryland to keep voting these thieves back in office. This includes both white and black voters.
4:54 - be nice to actual trash...these aren't close to that good!
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