Do you think Biden, Brownback, Clinton, Dodd, Hunter, Kucinich, McCain, Obama, Paul and Tancredo are having their pay reduced?
The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives), respectively, shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the Senate or House, respectively, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
McCain has missed something approaching 50 votes this year.