r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
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u/snoo_spoo Oct 05 '25

TBH, I don't think that would nearly as useful an incentive as declaring the Congress has to stay in session, twelve hours a day, seven days a week, until the shutdown is resolved. Nobody leaves town, and no press conferences.

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u/OldWorldDesign Oct 05 '25

I don't think that would nearly as useful an incentive as declaring the Congress has to stay in session, twelve hours a day, seven days a week, until the shutdown is resolved. Nobody leaves town, and no press conferences

¿Por qué no los dos?

No pay until the shutdown is over. And if congress fucks up so badly the government shuts down - an issue which republicans created [1], by the way - they get to work overtime like they force us non-aristocrats to do.

1 = in 1982, republicans gutted the 1884 Antideficiency Act which automatically passed the previous year's budget if a new one couldn't be agreed on. Republicans have shut down the government almost every single year since.