The Shutdown Won’t Affect All Government Employees
October 2, 2025
Members of Congress still get paid when the government shuts down. They get every bit of their $174,000 salary, plus all the benefits and perks that come with being a member of Congress.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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