WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported a resolution that would keep Senators from receiving a paycheck during any full or partial government shutdown.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Rules Committee that voted Thursday to advance S.Res.526 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/526/text), a resolution authored by U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) that would withhold all Senators' pay during a government shutdown or lapse in appropriations for one or more federal agencies or departments.
"More than a few of my colleagues seemed a little too comfortable during the recent Schumer Shutdown. That's understandable because t...