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House committee considers bill to bar members’ pay during funding lapses
Summary
The House Committee on House Administration introduced H.R. 5891, the Withhold Member Pay During Shutdown Act, which the committee chair said would prohibit members from receiving pay during lapses in appropriations as a response to recent funding shortfalls affecting DHS and TSA workers.
The House Committee on House Administration opened its session to take up H.R. 5891, the Withhold Member Pay During Shutdown Act, which the committee chair said would bar members of Congress from collecting pay during a lapse in appropriations.
The chair framed the bill as a response to recent funding disruptions, saying the shutdown last fall was the longest in history and that the…
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