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Rep. Bobby Rush Becomes First Congress Member in History to Have Salary Garnished

OAN Newsroom

UPDATED 10:52 AM PT — Fri. March 16, 2018

An Illinois congressman is forced to pay back more than one million dollars he owes in debt by giving up 15-percent of his salary.

This week Congressman Bobby Rush was ordered by a judge to forfeit $2,200 per month to pay for a delinquent loan he obtained to buy a church.

The Chicago church stopped making payments on the $550,000 loan in 2011.

Rush unsuccessfully pleaded in court to have the payment reduced to $300 per month, because he maintained properties in Washington D.C. and Chicago on top of his need to buy extra healthy food for dietary purposes.

The Democrat makes history by being the first member of Congress to have a salary garnished.