Senator donates salary while colleague pushes pay freeze

Sen. Rob Portman said he is donating his May salary to charities in Ohio after a Republican colleague proposed freezing senators’ pay, a move that would violate the Constitution’s 27th Amendment.

“I’ll be donating my salary thru May to 5 charitable organizations across the state of #Ohio,” Portman, an Ohio senator since 2011, tweeted Monday. “These exceptional organizations are working tirelessly to provide help & relief to folks impacted by the #coronavirus pandemic.”