Sentence examples for shutdown pay from inspiring English sources

He insisted Congress "pass a budget, end the government shutdown, pay your bills, prevent an economic shutdown".

According to Tonko's office, the congressman donated his shutdown pay in three equal parts of $1,550 to the Regional Food Banks of Northeastern New York in Latham, Leatherstocking Honor Flight in Cobleskill and the Northern Rivers Family Services Development Department in Albany.

An administration official later said Pence's staff believes he has to accept the raise during the shutdown and pay taxes on it, but will reimburse the Treasury or donate the pay to charity.

Still other throngs have been ordered to work through the shutdown without pay.

Has the shutdown affected pay of federal employees in agencies not affected by the partial shutdown?

More than 24,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees are working during the partial shutdown without pay.

While Mr. Gray's gambit seemed legally tenuous, the chairman of the City Council, Phil Mendelson, was expected to hold a vote on Tuesday on legislation that would allow the city, during a federal shutdown, to pay its employees from a contingency reserve fund.

There are, however, costs associated with shutdown (severance pay for workers, security costs for machinery) and restart (hiring new workers, refurbishing equipment).