This Bill Would Stop Congress From Getting Paid If Government Shuts Down

Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.) introduced a bill Friday that would prevent members of Congress from getting paid in the event of a government shutdown. "It's time to put an end to government by crisis management," Nolan said in a statement. "And it's time for Congress to start living in the real world -- where you either do your job -- or you don't get paid. If hundreds of thousands of other federal employees are to go without their salaries -- twisting slowly in the wind in a government shutdown -- then the Congress should not be paid either." Under Nolan's bill, members of Congress would go unpaid for the duration of the shutdown.