U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody says now that there’s a government shutdown hobbling the nation’s capital, she’ll go without pay until government functions return to normal.
Moody announced that she will forward all her salary she would get as a Senator during the shutdown to a Tampa area nonprofit organization until the political spending split is resolved. She’ll be donating her salary to the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay .
The Republican Senator laid blame on Democrats for the dispute, which has led to many federal government services being halted.
“For weeks, Republicans have invited our Democrat colleagues to pass a clean, bipartisan bill that keeps the government open at spending levels previously set under (former) President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer . But now, at