Update: 27 lawmakers say they will refuse their pay during the shutdown -

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Which lawmakers will refuse their pay during the shutdown?

By Ed O'Keefe, Published: October 1 at 12:12 pm

Hundreds of thousands of rank-and-file federal employees were forced out of the office this morning because of the start of a government shutdown and won't be paid over the course of the impasse.

But members of Congress and the president, who are so at odds over who caused the shutdown, will continue being paid and must be by law. That's because their jobs are authorized by the U.S. Constitution and are paid with mandatory funds, not discretionary spending dependent on annual appropriations.

Rank-and-file lawmakers of the House and Senate earn $174,000 annually, while congressional leaders earn more. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) makes $223,500 a year, slightly less than the $230,700 salary for Vice President Biden and about half of the $400,000 salary for President Obama.