Republican lawmakers refusing paychecks during shutdown

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Several lawmakers are refusing to accept their paychecks amid the partial government shutdown. Republican Reps. Barbara Comstock of Virginia and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington both wrote the the chief administration officer of the House, asking he withhold their respective salaries until the shutdown ends. “I have been informed that despite a lapse of appropriations and current government shutdown, under law, Members of Congress would continue to receive their salary,” Comstock wrote to Phil Kiko. “Since I do not agree with that policy, please withhold my pay until an appropriate agreement has taken place.”

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Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., also said he would reject his paychecks "until the government re-opens and all of our nation’s defense personnel are paid."

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