Unearned paycheck

PUBLISHED: April 7, 2011 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 5:18 AM CDT

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If the government shuts down, Congress still gets a paycheck? This is a joke … right? Please, tell me this is just a joke.

— Evelyn Raffanti, Chicago

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