‘I’m Not Wealthy’: Democrat Refuses To Forgo Pay During Shutdown As His Own Staff Goes Unpaid
Democrats drove the federal government into a shutdown at 12:01 am Wednesday after blocking a GOP spending bill, but at least one Democratic lawmaker says he won’t be giving up his paycheck.Roughly 750,000 employees will be furloughed during the shutdown, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona told NBC News that he won’t forgo his $174,000 congressional salary, which lawmakers continue to collect during shutdowns under Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution.
“I’m not wealthy and I have three kids. I would basically be missing, you know, mortgage payments, rent payments, child support,” Gallego told NBC News. “So it’s not feasible, not gonna happen.”
Congressional staffers are not paid during the funding lapse, though they will receive back pay once the government reopens.
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I love one of the videos I saw on one of the rav news shows last night and it was showing AOC a while back saying how horrible it is to have these and allow these shutdowns and she was so against shutdowns and then look what she does and the Democrats do they're just such hypocrites the Democrats are the biggest Hypocrites and the biggest slaves for Satan that we've ever seen in the history of this country! Just really evil people!
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