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Showing Original Post only (View all)In Government Shutdown, Congress Members Still Get Paid While Federal Workers Wait In Limbo [View all]
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"WASHINGTON -- In the event of a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be furloughed, not knowing if or when they'd get paid. Their paychecks would ultimately depend upon the benevolence of a fractious Congress, which decides whether to pass legislation retroactively paying workers for their lost time.
But at least 535 civil servants in Washington don't have to worry about missed mortgage payments or mounting credit card debt due to a shutdown: the very members of Congress who threaten to grind government to a halt.
The salaries of Congress members, like the president, come from a pool of mandatory funds and aren't subject to the whims of lawmakers. If a shutdown happens, their checks keep coming, no matter what.
As a report issued this week by the Congressional Research Service puts it, "Due to their constitutional responsibilities and a permanent appropriation for congressional pay, Members of Congress are not subject to furlough."
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In Government Shutdown, Congress Members Still Get Paid While Federal Workers Wait In Limbo [View all]
Cha
Sep 2013
OP
Here's what you could do - pay them by physical check, and make them come and pick it up
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#15