HR 1973 · in committee · significant
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- Congress members lose pay for each day the federal government shuts down or hits the debt ceiling.
- All current and future members of Congress are affected by this pay withholding rule.
- For the current Congress, withheld pay goes to escrow and releases at session end; future Congresses withhold pay permanently.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would temporarily withholding congressional pay during shutdowns actually incentivize faster negotiations when members have savings or outside income?
- 02
What evidence exists that financial penalties on lawmakers reduce shutdown duration compared to other negotiating pressures?
- 03
Should permanent pay loss for future Congresses apply equally to all members regardless of their role in causing the impasse?
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Sponsor · D-VA-7
Eugene Simon Vindman
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
14/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-10
Joining the bill
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
R-PA-8
George Whitesides
D-CA-27
Chris Pappas
D-NH-1
Christopher R. Deluzio
D-PA-17
Maggie Goodlander
D-NH-2
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
R-NJ-7
Sarah Elfreth
D-MD-3
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
D-CA-31
Lloyd Smucker
R-PA-11
Suhas Subramanyam
D-VA-10
Timothy M. Kennedy
D-NY-26
+ 2 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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