No Pay Till Brooklyn (Gov't Opens)

I'm going to be uncharacteristically brief. Tomorrow I will be bringing two bills before the Senate. They both have to do with the shutdown and Congressional Bay. The first bill is the No Shutdown Paychecks Act. The second bill is withhold member pay during shutdowns act. The first bill would provide that as long as we're shut down, and I'll explain why in

a moment, as long as we're shut down, no member of Congress can be paid. And the money will not be, will not be reimbursed at a later date, or repaid at a later date or repaid at a later date. The second bill to address any 27th amendment concerns will say during the shutdown, members of Congress will not receive their pay, but their pay will be escrowed and they will receive of Congress will not receive their pay, but their pay will be escrowed and they will receive it after the government is opened back up.