"Obama will give up a portion of his salary"

[applegrove]

Obama will give up a portion of his salary

Posted by
CNN White House Producer Becky Brittain

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/03/obama-will-give-up-portion-of-his-salary/?hpt=po_c2

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(CNN) - President Barack Obama will put 5% of his paycheck back into the federal government's coffers in a show of unity with furloughed federal workers, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday.

Obama, whose $400,000 annual salary is set in law and can't officially be changed, will write a check made out to the U.S. treasury every month beginning in April. Since the mandatory across-the-board spending cuts went into effect March 1, his payment for last month will be paid retroactively.

"The President has decided that to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury," Carney said in a statement. "He instructed his staff he wanted to do this when the sequester took effect."

On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced he was giving up the portion of his salary that would have been cut if he had been subject to the same work furlough as thousands of department personnel under the mandatory federal budget cuts. Hagel, who earns $199,700 annually, will write a check to the Treasury for up to 14 days of salary, according to Pentagon press secretary George Little.

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[applegrove]

1. I hope Democratic Senators and House members do the same. It a nice move.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Many of them are.

I know for sure that Tammy Duckworth is. So are many, if not all of Obama's cabinet members, including Chuck Hagel. Not a single republican has offered to do this that I am aware of.

[msongs]

2. always nice to see a multi millionaire sacrifice nt

[forestpath]

3. +1

[HereSince1628]

5. Scott Walker gave back part of his salary as Milwaukee Exec

Really.

He did.