BREAKING: US Government Shut Down Averted - House Passes 45-Day Stopgap Resolution (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
The House of Representatives passed a last-minute bill to keep the government funded for an additional 45 days, narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have commenced at 12:01 a.m.
Actually no. Members of Congress get paid a fixed salary, regardless of how many hours they work or don't.
And the 27th Amendment states that Congress cannot vote themselves a raise. They can vote for a raise for the next Congress, but they don't receive the raise until they win reelection.
Now that's the official public money. Bribes and kickbacks are usually off the books.