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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) released the following letter today urging fellow lawmakers to join him in forgoing their federal salaries in the event of a government shutdown:

Dear Colleague,

Every passing hour, the looming possibility of a government shutdown becomes more real. The truth is, a shutdown may disrupt vital government services that that matter to our servicemembers, children, seniors, veterans and all American families.

The fact is, the American people elected us to do a job â€" a job that means we must work together and not allow ideology or partisanship to needlessly divide us and prevent us from reaching a commonsense agreement.

While millions of American families will be impacted by a government shutdown- whether they are serving our country’s military, whether someone in their family is furloughed or whether they are unable to use critical government services â€" elected officials are the one group who ! will not be impacted. Just the opposite, in fact: we still get paid.

How does that make any sense?

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