Why is this even an issue...He hardly needs the money and maybe he should take a page out of ARNOLD's playbook.....Donate your pay to something like OUR COUNTRY!
kerry is so self centered, he would never do that. I don't know how anyone can stand him. His "speeches" put me to sleep.
Then consider that maybe it's not about the money.
For instance, Senator Kerry's home state of Massachusetts has a Republican governor. Senator Kerry is a Democrat. If Senator Kerry resigns his senate seat, then a Republican takes his place.
...And if the good Senator's pay gets docked for failing to show up to vote in the Senate, there will be a hue and cry for him to resign.
So to prevent that hue and cry, he has to fight the docking of his paycheck.