KOLO: Nevada Rep Lee refuses salary until shutdown ends

WASHINGTON DC (KOLO) - Nevada Representative Susie Lee has announced she will not be accepting a salary until the government shutdown ends.

Lee blamed Republicans for the shutdown, saying their failure to pass a bipartisan government funding bill led to the shutdown.

“While the federal government continues to experience a shutdown, I respectfully request that you withhold my congressional salary. Members of Congress should play by the same rules as the people they represent. Until Congress comes to a bipartisan resolution to this impasse and fully reopens the government, I firmly believe Member pay should be withheld,” wrote Congresswoman Lee.

Congresswoman Lee continued, “Washington’s dysfunction is unacceptable, and Nevadans have had enough. I continue to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to come to the table to end this shutdown, and I will refuse to accept a paycheck until this shutdown is resolved.”