On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Basically, we are saying that if we fail to keep this government open, or to lift the debt ceiling, we Members of Congress should not receive our pay. It is pretty straightforward. I think that is, in essence, unfair, if we have a government shutdown, to put it on the backs of the middle-class people who don't want to stay home; they want to work. Let's avoid a shutdown but make it clear that if there is one, we are going to take our lumps just like other Federal workers.
