What did NC lawmakers do with their pay from the government shutdown?

Members of North Carolina’s Congressional delegation made differing reports about what they would do with their pay they received from the sixteen day government shutdown in October. They were asked if they would take their pay, defer it, or donate it to charity. Five lawmakers donated their pay to charity. Four lawmakers said that would not accept their pay in order to show their support for the furloughed federal workers. Six other lawmakers never answered the question. These findings were a result of a recent Washington Post survey and supporting interviews done by The News & Observer. In a survey of all lawmakers, the Washington Post found at least 116 of the 244 lawmakers who pledged not to take their full salaries donated about 495,000 to charity or the government treasury.

This relates to AP Government because it involves the delegates we elect. This is a right that is given to citizens in the Constitution.

I think that the delegates should have all donated their money to charity. I do not that it would hurt them financially to skip out on a paycheck.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/05/3676127/nc-lawmakers-declined-pay-during.html