{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/despite-partial-gov-t-shutdown-members-congress-still-get-paid-rep", "Despite Partial Govt Shutdown, Members of Congress Still Get Paid, Rep. Zeldin Instructs House to Withhold His Pay Until Govt Fully Reopens", "2018-12-22", "2018", "2018-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Lee Zeldin", "Z000017", "zeldin.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}\np.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}\nspan.s1 {font-kerning: none}\nspan.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #1255cc; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #1255cc}\n\t\n\nWASHINGTON - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) sent a letter to Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives Phil Kiko directing him to withhold his pay until the federal government is fully funded. Despite a lapse in appropriations and the current partial government shutdown, Members of Congress still receive a salary. \n\nIt's crazy to me that Members of Congress get paid while other federal employees do not, Rep. Zeldin said. I instructed the House Chief Administrative Officer to withhold my pay until this partial government shutdown ends.\n\nView a signed PDF of the letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/despite-partial-gov-t-shutdown-members-congress-still-get-paid-rep"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1880521196871996, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}