No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (continuing resolutionA stopgap law funding the government at existing levels when the annual appropriations bills are not done by October 1.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) H141)
No Budget, No Pay Act
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2016 by April 15, 2015, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2015, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 114th Congress, whichever is earlier.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 6, 2015. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H141)
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The record's latest action, on January 8, 2015: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H141)
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In the 114th Congress (2015-16), 329 of the 10,233 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.2 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
Robert Wittman (R-VA) introduced it on January 6, 2015, and 31 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 2 Democrats, 29 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 6, 2015, 4312 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4310 days ago, on January 8, 2015.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H141)
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action