To: Rep. Danny Davis (IL-7)
No pay for Congress during the shutdown
Reclassify Congressional salaries as nonessential--and withhold them from any Congress member who votes for a government shutdown.
Why is this important?
The inequality and injustice of Congressmen being paid during the shutdown that causes rank and file federal workers to be unpaid creates a ridiculously unfair imbalance. It's outrageous that members of Congress can continue to receive pay while not doing their jobs and inflicting hardship on others with their inaction and inflexibility. They are there to make the country work, not to shut it down because they don't get to have everything their way.