While their constituents worry about services during the government shutdown, U.S. House members haven’t convened since Sept. 19.

The federal government shutdown that reached its 19th day Sunday has resulted in tens of thousands of public employees being forced to work without getting paid.

But there’s one group of federal workers who are not being allowed to do their normal jobs even though their pay remains steady.

That would be the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson sent them home Sept. 19 and hasn’t called them back since, saying the House will get back to business once the Senate passes the GOP’s short-term funding bill to end the government shutdown — something it has failed to do 10 times so far .

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