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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse GOPer: 'I Need My Paycheck' During Shutdown
House GOPer: 'I Need My Paycheck' During Shutdown
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) told a local television station that she would not be deferring her pay during the government shutdown, as some other members have done.
"I need my paycheck. That's the bottom line," Ellmers told WTVD in Raleigh, N.C. "I understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their paychecks, and I think that's admirable. I'm not in that position."
According to Ellmers's official website, she was a registered nurse for 21 years before being elected to Congress. Her husband Brent, the website says, is a general surgeon.
Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield also told WTVD that he wouldn't be deferring his pay. "I don't think there should be a shutdown," he said. "I didn't create the shutdown."
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Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) told a local television station that she would not be deferring her pay during the government shutdown, as some other members have done.
"I need my paycheck. That's the bottom line," Ellmers told WTVD in Raleigh, N.C. "I understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their paychecks, and I think that's admirable. I'm not in that position."
According to Ellmers's official website, she was a registered nurse for 21 years before being elected to Congress. Her husband Brent, the website says, is a general surgeon.
Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield also told WTVD that he wouldn't be deferring his pay. "I don't think there should be a shutdown," he said. "I didn't create the shutdown."
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Republican shutdown is not playing well in Peoria. Or Kansas City. Or Sacramento. Or ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023767797
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House GOPer: 'I Need My Paycheck' During Shutdown (Original Post)
ProSense
Oct 2013
OP
She's rare. Most GOP reps & senators are millionaires several or many times over. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2013
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)1. She's rare. Most GOP reps & senators are millionaires several or many times over. nt
Orsino
(37,428 posts)7. But I like it (if she's not lying).
The need for a paycheck may be one of her last connections with humanity.
Blaukraut
(5,695 posts)2. So do 800k government employees who aren't getting paid, thanks to her n/t
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)3. What about my colleagues? Think they do not need theirs?
What about me? I run $200 million worth of projects. I make < .0003% of it as a salary. Go find someone in private industry who will do it for that amount. My paycheck is just as important to me as yours is to you.
tanyev
(42,663 posts)4. How nice for you that you have that option, Renee.
Enjoying your taxpayer funded healthcare, too?
gollygee
(22,336 posts)5. Yeah I'm sure the people not working because of your tantrum don't need their paychecks
Sigh.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)6. Her husband is a surgeon and she can not go one month without a paycheck?
And SHE has been in Congress since January 3, 2011 - making $174,000 per year and she can't go one month without a paycheck?
Something smells fishy to me.
BumRushDaShow
(129,886 posts)8. Complete disconnect from anything outside of their little world. nt
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)9. Kicking this thread up so folks will see it :)
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)10. She doesn't give a shit about the rest of us that need paychecks
Why should we give a shit about her?