Off the news: Congress still gets paid during shutdown

Most of us feel powerless to do anything about the federal partial shutdown and its effect on security lines at airports, and on traveler safety, of course. But we can feel righteously outraged because members of Congress are being paid and can go on a two-week recess, while many at the Department of Homeland Security are missing salaries.

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