{"id":1933705,"date":"2023-05-19T01:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T05:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bipartisan-bill-block-pay-for-congress-members-if-the-u-s-defaults\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T05:12:05","slug":"new-bipartisan-bill-block-pay-for-congress-members-if-the-u-s-defaults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bipartisan-bill-block-pay-for-congress-members-if-the-u-s-defaults\/","title":{"rendered":"New bill: No pay for Congress if U.S. defaults."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-bipartisan-bill-block-pay-for-congress-members-if-the-u-s-defaults%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Withhold Congress Members&#8217; Salaries During Debt Ceiling Breach or Federal Financing Suspension<\/h2>\n<p>Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) have introduced the No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to block all congressional members from receiving their salaries during a government shutdown or debt ceiling breach. The bill comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-video-leaked-from-obamas-allegedly-scaled-back-60th-birthday-party\/\" title=\"Photos, Video Leaked From Obama\u2019s Allegedly \u2018Scaled Back\u2019 60th Birthday Party\">amid rising concerns<\/a> that the divided Congress may not be able to increase the debt ceiling by the Treasury Department&#8217;s deadline on June 1st, risking a default on American debt.<\/p>\n<h3>The Current Situation<\/h3>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the United States will not be able to pay its bills when June comes. Republicans have demanded that the White House and Democrats commit to spending cuts before raising the debt ceiling. The White House has previously insisted on Congress passing what they referred to as a &#8220;clean&#8221; debt ceiling that would increase the debt limit without any conditions. In April, a bill sponsored by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested raising the nation&#8217;s debt ceiling to tackle spending reductions, as well as making a number of changes to GOP policies.<\/p>\n<h3>The Bill&#8217;s Intent<\/h3>\n<p>Spanberger pointed out that the bill&#8217;s intent was obvious. If the United States recklessly fails on our country&#8217;s debt limit, then politicians should not get paid. &#8220;Members of Congress promise to fight for their constituents in Washington and should not be paid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-is-not-the-time-fauci-advises-against-super-bowl-parties\/\" title=\"\u2018Now Is Not The Time\u2019: Fauci Advises Against Super Bowl Parties\">taxpayer-funded salary<\/a> if they cannot deliver on that promise,&#8221; Fitzpatrick said.<\/p>\n<h3>What the Bill Would Do<\/h3>\n<p>The bill would not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bipartisan-bill-block-pay-for-congress-members-if-the-u-s-defaults\/\" title=\"New bill: No pay for Congress if U.S. defaults.\">outright ban lawmakers<\/a> from receiving compensation, which would violate the 27th Amendment. Instead, it would inhibit employees from receiving their salaries during a shutdown or default, at least until the session is over. If either a default or a shutdown persists, congressional payroll administrators, such as the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) in the U.S. House, would release withheld payments at the end of the 118th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for Congress to fulfill its basic obligations tied to the strength and security of our country. If they can&#8217;t, they should not be rewarded with our salaries until they do their jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger addressed the CARE International Women&#8217;s Day Dinner in Washington, DC on March 08, 2023. A new bipartisan bill proposes to suspend Congress members&#8217; salaries during a debt ceiling breach. OAN&#8217;s Geraldyn Berry reported on May 17, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1755,"featured_media":1933706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[3895,4402,16789,5280,7238],"class_list":["post-1933705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-bill","tag-congress","tag-defaults","tag-pay","tag-u-s"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}