US House Passes "No Budget, No Pay" Bill

By a margin 285-144 the house pases a bill to raise the debt ceiling for three months in exchange for the Senate actually coming to terms on a budget, something that hasn't been done in close to four years. What do you think of this move? I'm actually happy that the republicans in the House have moved to not hold the credit of the the united states hostage in a fight about spending cuts.

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I think it's worth the Senate passing this and getting a temporary reprieve, but this is only a way to allow the GOP to focus more on the sequester and other matters. I don't think is them backing away from a fight. It's just changing the battlefield a little bit so they can be annoying in other arenas down the road.

And will promptly get smacked down by the courts in violation of 27th amendmentDroidPhysX

I think it fitting that Congress doesn't get paid if they cannot do the job that they are supposed to do. We haven't had an approved budget since Obama was elected. Why is that, especially when for at least the first two years his party had control of both houses in Congress (this is a rhetorical question that does not require an answer)? If they want to be paid, they need to get off their rear ends and start getting things that the people, not them, want done.

I think it fitting that Congress doesn't get paid if they cannot do the job that they are supposed to do. We haven't had an approved budget since Obama was elected. Why is that, especially when for at least the first two years his party had control of both houses in Congress (this is a rhetorical question that does not require an answer)? If they want to be paid, they need to get off their rear ends and start getting things that the people, not them, want done.

WhiteKnight77

I approve.

As our country suffers, so should those that govern it.

I'm actually happy that the republicans in the House have moved to not hold the credit of the the united states hostage in a fight about spending cuts.

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Yusuke420