Contact: Timothy Svoboda, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today called on House leadership to bring H.R. 271, the No Work Without Pay Act, to the floor for a vote. This bill will ensure that the roughly 420,000 federal employees who are required to work during a federal government shutdown receive their full pay in a timely manner. Grothman is one of just 12 co-sponsors of H.R. 271. Currently, during a federal government shutdown, federal employees are treated in two different ways. First, roughly 380,000 federal workers are furloughed, or sent home without pay until the government

Contact: Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON – In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke about the ongoing partial government shutdown and hisShutdown Fairness Act, which would pay individuals forced to work during the shutdown. Excerpts from his interview are below, and video can be found here. On the partial shutdown “There’s a real easy solution: Have Democrats stop being hypocritical and put their money where their mouth is and fund better barriers. They work. [Democrats] supported, voted for about $8 billion of better barrier funding in the 2013 immigration reform, $40 billion in total in

CONTACT: Beau Stafford, beau.stafford@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-8546 MADISON – Following Senator Jeff Smith’s (D-Brunswick) inauguration on Monday, January 7th, Smith announced new staff members hired to serve the 31st Senate District and creation of his new legislative social media sites and his state senate website. “My staff is here to serve citizens of the 31st Senate District by answering questions about state government, helping constituents navigate all the different programs and services and, most of all, they are here to listen and help citizens play an important role in the governing process,” said Smith. “I hope you will join me in offering them a big