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In the midst of a budget crisis the legislators voted to take Sunday off. And according to the article they may have Monday off as well.
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Both the House and Senate have decided not to have sessions they had set for Sunday. The full Legislature will be back in Tuesday as it races to beat a Thursday deadline to erase a $2.8 billion budget deficit.
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Mich. Stares Down 2nd Govt. Shutdown In 3 Years
9/26/2009, 12:46 p.m. EDT
KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN
The Associated Press
(AP) — LAINGSBURG, Mich. - Economically beleaguered Michigan faces a possible government shutdown-shuttering highway rest areas, state parks, construction projects and the state lottery-if lawmakers fail to reach a budget deal by next week...The state with the nation's highest unemployment rate has a nearly $3 billion shortfall.
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Michigan's legislators receive a base salary of $79,650 per year which makes them the second-highest paid legislators in the nation, after California.
Apologies for brevity; these articles speak for themselves