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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt first blush it seems wrong that Congress gets paid during a shut-down
but within the logic of the thing, it would be worse if they didn't.
It is actually against the law for people covered by a shut-down to work at their jobs. (Seriously. Federal offices will collect Blackberrys and such to prevent covered personnel accidentally working at home during the shutdown.)
So if Congress was covered there would be no mechanism for ever re-authorizing government funding. It would be like locking your keys in the car.
That said... a rule that Congresspersons have to wear clown costumes during a shutdown would be fine with me.
(I think that the proper pluralization of Blackberry, the electronic product, is Blackberrys as opposed to blackberries, which would be correct for the berry. So I am over-ruling spell-check on that.)
hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)I think they owe us about two years worth...
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
Trekologer
(1,000 posts)No electricity (heat, light, cooling) in the Capitol Building and offices, no telephone/internet service, no building maintenance (cleaning, garbage collection, etc), security...
Riftaxe
(2,693 posts)branch gets paid at all, considering their rather pitiful work output.