Huizenga: Congress shouldn't be paid if budget bills don't pass

The west Michigan Republican is introducing a bipartisan bill to tie return to appropriations order with congressional pay.
Yahoo

Taxpayers on the hook for $400 million per day for partial shutdown

(The Center Square) – Each day the federal government remains closed will cost U.S. taxpayers about $400 million just in salary for about 750,000 furloughed federal workers. Workers won't collect that ...
CBS News

Why government shutdowns are so common in the U.S. but not other democracies

Garret Martin is a Hurst senior professorial lecturer and the co-director of the Transatlantic Policy Center at the American University School of International Service. When it comes to shutdowns, the ...
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EXPLAINER: What are ‘insertions’ in the budget process?

Questions about the alleged “insertions” in the national budget have been raised anew in Congress amid the revelations in the flood control investigation. Some lawmakers were accused of having a hand ...
Columbus Dispatch

Huizenga: Congress shouldn't be paid if budget bills don't pass

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...