By Mary Ellen Murphy Washington, DC – Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA) announced the introduction of the No Budget, No Pay Act. This bipartisan legislation would prevent Congress from being paid unless it does its job and passes a budget and all 12 appropriations bills on time. While the federal government is currently shutdown, dysfunction in Washington, DC is not new. Since the last major overhaul of federal budgeting and spending laws in 1974, Congress has only pa...
