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Rep. Clay Higgins among Louisiana congressman not accepting pay checks amid government shutdown

Posted at 6:17 PM, Jan 11, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-11 20:41:20-05

Four Louisiana congressmen are joining the federal employees that are working without pay during the government shutdown as it enters its third week.

The Advocate reports Republican representatives Clay Higgins, Mike Johnson, Ralph Abraham and Garret Graves are asking that their paychecks be withheld until the government reopens.

More than 70 members of Congress are refusing pay until the end of the shutdown.

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