No Budget, No Pay

December 16, 2011

In about month, on January 24, 2012, it will be 1,000 days since Congress last passed a budget. 1,000 days!

If you stopped doing your job, you wouldn’t get paid. Basically, Congress stopped doing its job.

That’s why Senator Heller introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act—which would withhold paychecks from members of Congress if they don’t pass a budget before the start of each fiscal year.

Dean believes Congress should be held to the same standard as the rest of the American people, and was quoted in the Reno Gazette-Journal stating:

“Year after year, Congress has failed to meet its basic budgeting responsibilities…If Nevadans don’t complete the tasks their jobs require, then they don’t get paid. Congress should be no different.”

Debt, stimulus and, overall, reckless spending are not helping the economy. The No Budget, No Pay Act would prohibit Congress from receiving pay after missing deadlines for budget and appropriations bills, and it would take us one step closer to requiring Congress to balance the budget.