Bipartisan lawmakers vow to skip paychecks during government shutdown
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The increasing number of deputies on both sides of the corridor announced that they continued their salary checks while the government continued.
The Federal Government was closed for about a week after the Senate democrats rejected the plan to finance the agencies by Republicans until November 21st.
Representatives Chip Roy, R-Texas, Ashley Hinson, R-Yowa, Tom Barrett, R-Mich.
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Representatives Chip Roy, Left and Ashley Hinson, while asking for their salaries to be hidden during the closing to the right, Center Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would forgive him. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images; Amir Levy/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Democrats such as representatives Josh Gottheimer, DN.J. And Lou Correa, D-Calif.
However, the deputies who demand their wages cannot completely give up, because the federal law requires their payment.
Article 1 of the Constitutional States, “senators and representatives, will be determined by law for services and will receive a compensation to be paid from the US Treasury.”
In addition, the 27th change prevents changes in congress wages until the next election.
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Most parliamentary and senate deputies are paid $ 174,000 a year – a figure that has not changed since 2009 – Congress leadership members can earn more.
A source that is familiar with the issue told Fox News Digital to choose to hide their wages until a closure is over, but the government needs to receive it as a refund when financed.
Meanwhile, the senior democrat of the Assembly Management Committee DN.Y. Representative Joe Morelle Bloomberg State Last week, these checks could be taken into account separately from the usual salaries of the deputies. “This is an administrative way to get payment for people who choose.” He said.
After the Congress could not make a federal financing agreement, the government closes a partial. (Getty Images)
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In the meantime, congress employees automatically miss the salary checks if the payment periods fall during the closure of a government – but when the closure is finished, this is withdrawn.
Sens. Ashley Moody, R-Fla. And some deputies like Lindsey Graham announced that they would donate salary checks during the closure period.
Moody, said in a statement last week, “the government remains closed every day, my salary that can be affected by this reckless election to help the vulnerable population to the Tampa Gulf Crisis Center,” I will donate. ” He said.
