U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio and at least nine other members of Congress from Pennsylvania have joined several others across the country seeking to refuse their pay during the federal government shutdown, now in its third day.

The shutdown, coming with Republicans and Democrats at odds over health care spending and President Donald Trump’s actions a year before midterm elections, leaves hundreds of thousands of federal workers indefinitely furloughed or clocking in without paychecks.

But not Congress or the president, according to the Constitution. House members and senators have been paid $174,000 since 2009; those in leadership roles receive roughly $20,000 to $50,000 extra.

Even before a White House meeting between Trump and congressional leaders yielded no deal and the deadlocked Senate

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