Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines introduced a bill on the Senate floor Thursday that would withhold the pay of members of Congress during future government shutdowns.
Daines’s introduction of the bill, sponsored by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, comes hours after Daines announced he sent a letter requesting the secretary of the U.S. Senate withhold his pay during the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government.
“Members of Congress are sent to Washington, D.C., to represent the great people of their state and keep the federal government open, working and funded. So it’s simple. If they can’t do that, they shouldn’t get paid. No work, no pay,” Daines told The Daily Caller News Foundation after the bill was introduced.
The “No Work, No Pay Act,” introduced by Daines, would make it so that members of Congress would not be paid if they cannot keep the government funded.
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excellent ... they make too much anyways
ReplyDeleteAdd in a rider that makes it so a popular votes is required for congressional pay raises...
ReplyDeleteThat's the way it should be.
ReplyDeleteof course, they should not be paid. ludicrous to even consider it.
ReplyDeleteThank you
ReplyDeleteThey are debating it on the beach in Puerto Rico
ReplyDeleteTotally agree and add in no benefits. All benefits during that time must be paid from their personal pocket.
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