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10-07-2013, 10:19 AM
CNN keeps count: More members decide to donate their shutdown paychecks (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/04/cnn-keeps-count-more-members-decide-to-donate-their-shutdown-paychecks/?hpt=po_c2)
CNN reached out to all 533 current members of Congress about their plans.
As of Friday at 2:00 p.m ET., the tally showed 43 senators are donating to charity or back to the Treasury Department, while 15 are not accepting a paycheck and four are undecided.
Seven senators say they plan to keep their salary. Those senators are: Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma; Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut; Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Roy Blunt, R-Missouri; Patty Murray, D-Washington.
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In the House, 52 representatives say they're donating to charity or the Treasury, while 81 are not accepting a paycheck and three are undecided.
Nine House members, however, say they're keeping their salary: Mike Thompson, D-California; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida; Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois; Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indiana; Rep. William 'Lacy' Clay, Jr., D-Missouri; Rep. Howard Coble, R-North Carolina; Rep. Susan Brooks, R-North Carolina; Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-North Carolina; James Clyburn, D-South Carolina.
Senate Spreadsheet (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/10/politics/shutdown-congress-paychecks/index.html)
House Spreadsheet (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/10/politics/shutdown-congress-paychecks/house.html)
CNN reached out to all 533 current members of Congress about their plans.
As of Friday at 2:00 p.m ET., the tally showed 43 senators are donating to charity or back to the Treasury Department, while 15 are not accepting a paycheck and four are undecided.
Seven senators say they plan to keep their salary. Those senators are: Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma; Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut; Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Roy Blunt, R-Missouri; Patty Murray, D-Washington.
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In the House, 52 representatives say they're donating to charity or the Treasury, while 81 are not accepting a paycheck and three are undecided.
Nine House members, however, say they're keeping their salary: Mike Thompson, D-California; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida; Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois; Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indiana; Rep. William 'Lacy' Clay, Jr., D-Missouri; Rep. Howard Coble, R-North Carolina; Rep. Susan Brooks, R-North Carolina; Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-North Carolina; James Clyburn, D-South Carolina.
Senate Spreadsheet (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/10/politics/shutdown-congress-paychecks/index.html)
House Spreadsheet (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/10/politics/shutdown-congress-paychecks/house.html)