A Wisconsin congressman is joining other federal legislators in forgoing his salary while the government remains shut down and approximately 800,000 federal workers remain on temporary leave.
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., announced his intention to decline compensation in a Facebook post Tuesday.
“While the government is shutdown, I’m staying here in Washington to work toward a bipartisan solution to end the shutdown,” Kind said in the post. “As long as furloughed federal workers go without pay, I will not take my own salary.”
The post has received more than 650 “likes,” 130 “shares” and 106 comments as of Wednesday night, generally congratulating him for his decision.
The government shutdown started Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. after congressional Republicans and Democrats failed to compromise on a spending plan for the government’s new fiscal year.
Both houses of Congress and President Barack Obama are currently in negotiations to pass a provision that will end the shutdown.
