Get back to me when they HAVE done so.
The list of things I tell my wife I WILL do is as long as the gutters around our house.
Which I told her I WILL clean out before it rains.
That was at least three rains ago.
In the noise.
After all, members of both parties are making far more in insider trading, back bench deals, and the other forms of corruption available to those who have no abilities to earn pay due to real talent or creativity. (Yes, there are exceptions. Very few exceptions.)
Good idea, but never gonna happen. They are self serving people whose only goals are self enrichment and self promotion.
Nice gesture but many military will be hurt due to not having enough savings to meet the bills they have - which are often harder to meet when deployed....none of the Congress-critters offering to do this will have problems meeting expenses....
Question: If there is no budget, then how is it that they have any pay to donate?
Answer: It’s all theater.
Dedicated to Schumer, Piglosi et al. Please share with everyone.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=114235
MAGA
Interested to see if any Demorats do the same, including the senators.
Leni
This is so much pandering. If they could afford to give up their entire paycheck to “charity” during a time when they are saying they are not going to get anything, then they don’t need it do they? And at that point all they are doing is dropping their income to the level of the folks that live from paycheck to paycheck. Only they have savings and perks that will see to it they or their families won’t miss a meal.
And if these people can afford to give up their entire paycheck, then I would expect when they start keeping it again they can start a percentage to their charity equal to one monthly paycheck in a year, giving monthly, so they can give that lauded amount to charity on a yearly basis and not skip a beat. Then I might buy your pandering as not being totally disingenuous. And this money you just gave up cannot be recouped on your taxes if it is sincerely given. All of it goes.
rwood
One, I don’t believe that they will donate a dime. And secondly this makes them look good - bet they all take the deduction on their taxes. Change the law so it reads that congress critters don’t get paid during a shutdown, you bunch of gutless turds! No annual budget no paycheck.
Nice, but their benefits far exceed my income, so they can suck a rock.