House GOPer: 'I Need My Paycheck' During Shutdown

[ProSense]

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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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-goper-i-need-my-paycheck

Republican shutdown is not playing well in Peoria. Or Kansas City. Or Sacramento. Or ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023767797

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. She's rare. Most GOP reps & senators are millionaires several or many times over. nt

[Orsino]

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]

2. So do 800k government employees who aren't getting paid, thanks to her n/t

[Drahthaardogs]

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]

4. How nice for you that you have that option, Renee.

Enjoying your taxpayer funded healthcare, too?

[gollygee]

5. Yeah I'm sure the people not working because of your tantrum don't need their paychecks

Sigh.

[Tx4obama]

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]

8. Complete disconnect from anything outside of their little world. nt

[Tx4obama]

9. Kicking this thread up so folks will see it :)

[RedCappedBandit]

10. She doesn't give a shit about the rest of us that need paychecks

Why should we give a shit about her?