What a fine example to the rest of the country is Rep. Lee Terry, Republican of Nebraska:

Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., was blunt when asked if he would continue collecting his paychecks during the shutdown.

“Dang straight,” he said.

Terry suggested it’s an irrelevant question because the situation would be resolved before long.

What about the other members who were donating or forgoing their pay?

“Whatever gets them good press,” Terry said. “That’s all that it’s going to be. God bless them. But you know what? I’ve got a nice house and a kid in college, and I’ll tell you we cannot handle it. Giving our paycheck away when you still worked and earned it? That’s just not going to fly.”

And every single one of the 800,000 federal employees who have no paycheck now, and no prospect for getting one anytime soon? Tough titty, says Rep. Lee Terry, Republican of Nebraska.