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'No Government, No Pay' Act -
Though we all have our opinions on the government shutdown, one Democratic House representative has found something that we can all agree on. Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would suspend Congress’ paychecks for the duration of the shutdown. Will you join me in a brief round of applause? The “No Government – No Pay Act” would make the members of Congress do the same thing that other affected federal employees must do: work for an IOU rather than their actual paycheck.
Of course, since most of them are already millionaires it probably won’t affect them much.
Why Rep. Rick Nolan introduced the ‘No Government, No Pay’ act in response to the government shutdown
Rick Nolan explained why he introduced the bill on his website:
“The inability of this Congress to collaborate, compromise, and get things done has led me to introduce legislation to prohibit Members from being paid when failure to do their job results in a government shutdown … if other working people are to go without pay, and important government services are shut down – jeopardizing jobs and our economic recovery – then the Congress responsible for the mess should not be paid either. It’s time for Congress to start living in the real world – where you either do your job, or you don’t get paid. The American people sent this Congress to Washington to use common sense – to collaborate, compromise, solve problems and govern – not to shut down the federal government. It’s time to restore Regular Order and put an end to government by crisis.”
Of course, there is the 27th amendment to be considered. It encoded that congressional compensation can not be changed until a House election, and could derail Rick Nolan’s bill. How nice for Congress. So, we’ll see what happens to this bill. Meanwhile, the federal workers who are not being paid now might not even get back pay. Yep, that’s right, it’s up to Congress. Great.
Some members of Congress are way ahead of the curve on this. On Wednesday, several Representatives and Senators said that they would either refuse their pay or donate it to charity for the duration of the shutdown. We can applaud these congresspersons and hope that the rest of their colleagues follow suit. That way, we don’t even have to worry about the bill passing. Looking at this list, we can note names that aren’t there (looking at you, Michele Bachmann!) but the presence of some names is surprising: John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell, Darryl Issa … I didn’t expect to see them. I’m glad that they are jumping on the bandwagon even though I’m somewhat suspicious of their reasons.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/03/rick-nolan-government-shutdown-no-pay/
Of course, since most of them are already millionaires it probably won’t affect them much.
Why Rep. Rick Nolan introduced the ‘No Government, No Pay’ act in response to the government shutdown
Rick Nolan explained why he introduced the bill on his website:
“The inability of this Congress to collaborate, compromise, and get things done has led me to introduce legislation to prohibit Members from being paid when failure to do their job results in a government shutdown … if other working people are to go without pay, and important government services are shut down – jeopardizing jobs and our economic recovery – then the Congress responsible for the mess should not be paid either. It’s time for Congress to start living in the real world – where you either do your job, or you don’t get paid. The American people sent this Congress to Washington to use common sense – to collaborate, compromise, solve problems and govern – not to shut down the federal government. It’s time to restore Regular Order and put an end to government by crisis.”
Of course, there is the 27th amendment to be considered. It encoded that congressional compensation can not be changed until a House election, and could derail Rick Nolan’s bill. How nice for Congress. So, we’ll see what happens to this bill. Meanwhile, the federal workers who are not being paid now might not even get back pay. Yep, that’s right, it’s up to Congress. Great.
Some members of Congress are way ahead of the curve on this. On Wednesday, several Representatives and Senators said that they would either refuse their pay or donate it to charity for the duration of the shutdown. We can applaud these congresspersons and hope that the rest of their colleagues follow suit. That way, we don’t even have to worry about the bill passing. Looking at this list, we can note names that aren’t there (looking at you, Michele Bachmann!) but the presence of some names is surprising: John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell, Darryl Issa … I didn’t expect to see them. I’m glad that they are jumping on the bandwagon even though I’m somewhat suspicious of their reasons.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/03/rick-nolan-government-shutdown-no-pay/
It shouldn't be them that gets to vote on it.... They can choose to not do their job and we should be able to NOT pay them if they aren't working.
Does anyone here have a job that they can not do and still get paid? If so, clue me in.
Does anyone here have a job that they can not do and still get paid? If so, clue me in.
It will never get voted on like everything else....
Sounds good! But then you gotta laugh! Do you think they would vote for it? Nah I didnt either. LOL
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