WASHINGTON, DC. ( WBRC ) - Several members of Alabama’s congressional delegation say they will forego their paychecks while the federal government is shut down.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) has asked the Senate’s financial clerk to withhold her salary until an appropriations agreement is reached.

“I have been informed that, despite a lapse in appropriations and the current government shutdown, Senators will continue to receive a salary. Please withhold my pay until an appropriations agreement has taken effect,” Britt wrote in a letter to the Senate financial clerk dated Oct. 1.

Britt announced her decision on X Wednesday evening.

“Since Democrats have decided to shut down the government—furloughing our federal workers and withholding pay from our troops—I have requested the Fin

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