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. [...]
In mentioning such a thought to my brother-in-law, his off-hand suggested improvement was to make any such pay stoppage permanent; put teeth into it, that way.
Hat tip to a friend in Nowthen for emailing the link.
Minnesota CD6 (Emmer), note, this link.