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In the run up to a potential shutdown in September 2023, the Defense Department said in a memo to Pentagon leaders that "military personnel will not be paid until such time as Congress ...
Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blasted the fact that congressional lawmakers still get paid during a government shutdown. “Next time we have a gov shutdown ...
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 was proposed during the shutdown's third week, and was signed into law within two weeks after that after overwhelming, bipartisan support in Congress. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Cardin as S. 24 on January 3, 2019 with 30 cosponsors. [8]
If there is a government shutdown, the U.S. military operations overseas and domestically will continue, but U.S. service members won't be paid during that time.
MCCARTHY Shutdown Act; Other short titles: My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act: Long title: A bill to reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes. Announced in: the 118th United States Congress: Legislative history
The record-setting partial U.S. government shutdown, which began in December 2018, continues to drag on but, though hundreds of thousands of federal workers aren't getting paid, members of ...
Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]
Even Capitol Hill is not spared: While lawmakers continue to work and receive pay through a government shutdown, tens of thousands of congressional staff will go without a paycheck for the duration.