‘No Budget No Pay’: House Votes To Hold Its Own Salaries If Budget Isn’t Passed

Well, this one should have been a 'no-brainer' and should have happened sooner.

The House of Representatives voted today to approve a three-month extension of the debt limit in a bill that concurrently pressures lawmakers to adopt a budget or have their pay withheld. 

The bill, known as the No Budget No Pay Act of 2013, directs both chambers of Congress to adopt a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014 by April 15, 2013. If either body fails to pass a budget, members of that body would have their paychecks put into an escrow account starting on April 16 until that body adopts a budget. Any pay that is withheld would eventually be released at the end of the current Congress even if a budget doesn’t ever pass.

The bill will require the House and Senate each to pass a budget, and Member pay will be withheld if they fail.  

Okay…it's now time for the Senate to act. It has been almost four years since the Senate has passed a budget, while our national debt has skyrocketed by over $5 trillion.  This is basic to their jobs -- and required by law. Yet, Congress seems to think it's bigger than the law.

The fact of the matter is, if Members of Congress can't pass a budget on time, they wouldn't get paid until they did.  

Will this measure force our government to finally start working for the people?

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