Should members of Congress keep getting paid during a government shutdown?
Congress faces a September 30 government-funding deadline, and a shutdown would halt pay for many federal workers while lawmakers continue to draw their salaries.
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No work no pay.
Congress writes the shutdown rules and also decides its own paycheck stays on. If you're fine with that setup, where's the line for who else gets protected pay during one?