A bill to prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns.
Latest action. Held at the desk.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving basic pay for any period in which: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department that results from failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached.
Bars such forfeited pay from being paid retroactively.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate without amendment" stage on March 1, 2011. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Held at the desk.
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The record's latest action, on March 2, 2011: Held at the desk.
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In the 112th Congress (2011-12), 283 of the 10,618 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.7 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?
BARBARA BOXER (D-CA) introduced it on February 17, 2011, and 16 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 16 Democrats.
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 February 17, 2011, 5684 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 5671 days ago, on March 2, 2011.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 112th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2013 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateHeld at the desk.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action