House GOP tanks its own funding bill, edging closer to shutdown - eviltoast
A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

  • doehni@feddit.de
    141·
    1 year ago

    Why not just stop paying them anything in case of shutdown? I mean, aren’t they part of government?

    • PupBiru@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      i’ve heard that they’re paid during a shutdown to stop wealthy politicians who don’t need the income from forcing politicians who use their income to live to bend over for them