Republican Linda McMahon says she will not accept a paycheck if she is elected to the U.S. Senate.
Rank-and-file members of Congress currently receive $174,000 per year and are free to turn down a pay increase or a pay check.
“Linda just doesn’t believe politics ought to be a cushy job that turns into a profession,” said McMahon’s spokesman, Shawn McCoy. “There’s an enormous amount of work that needs to be done to get this country back on track beginning with job creation and tightening of government’s fiscal belt. Her refusal to take a salary, I think, is an important symbolic gesture that underscores her principles on this.”
McMahon is running against Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff for the Republican nomination. They could not be reached for comment