{"id":197853,"date":"2025-10-01T21:11:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=197853"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:11:42","slug":"latta-says-no-to-shutdown-paycheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/10\/01\/latta-says-no-to-shutdown-paycheck\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta says no to shutdown paycheck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC\u00a0&#8212; While the federal government is shut down, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) has pledged to not draw a paycheck until the financial standoff is resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bob-Latta-small-headshot-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132098\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bob Latta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernment shutdowns are costly and unproductive, and members of Congress should not be collecting paychecks while other federal workers go without,\u201d he stated.&nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s why I have directed CAO (Chief Administrative Officer) to withhold my paycheck. However, I believe that withholding pay for members of Congress should not be a voluntary action, rather the standard should be that all representatives and senators automatically forgo pay whenever the government is shut down. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting a constitutional amendment to prevent members of Congress from receiving pay during a government shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongress must work together to find a solution so the government can reopen, and we can fulfill our responsibilities to the American people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Latta has cosponsored a proposed Constitutional Amendment, House Joint Resolution&nbsp;introduced by Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5), that would prevent members of Congress from receiving pay during a government shutdown.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latta represents the Fifth Congressional District, which stretches from Van Wert, Paulding and Mercer counties all the way into Lorain County in northeastern Ohio. In all, the district is comprised of all or parts of 12 counties. He serves as a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. He is Chair of the Energy Subcommittee and is a member of the Communications &amp; Technology Subcommittee and the Environment Subcommittee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff WASHINGTON, DC\u00a0&#8212; While the federal government is shut down, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) has pledged to not draw a paycheck until the financial standoff is resolved. \u201cGovernment shutdowns are costly and unproductive, and members of Congress should not be collecting paychecks while other federal workers go without,\u201d he stated.&nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s why I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 18:16:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197855,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197853\/revisions\/197855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}