WTSP - Jolly Introduces "Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act'

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By WTSP

U.S. Representative David Jolly (FL-13) says if Congress fails to do its job, members should not be paid.

"It's time Members of Congress put their money where their mouth is," said Jolly who has introduced his new bill, Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act, which states that if the U.S. House of Representatives fails to meet their obligation to fund the government by the end of the fiscal year, then they will not get their taxpayer-provided salary.

"Once again, we are facing a Congress struggling with its responsibility to budget. While I remain optimistic Congress can resolve this latest impasse, let's inject an added dose of responsibility. Very simply, if Members of Congress fail to pass legislation to fund the government by the end of the fiscal year, they should not be paid," Jolly added.

In the midst of yet another budget breakdown in Congress, the Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act would place Congressional salaries in escrow beginning at the start of any fiscal year for which the House of Representatives has not passed full-year funding bills to fund the federal government. The funds would remain in escrow until Congress completes it's work.

Jolly has also introduced legislation (H.Res. 457) requiring the House to be in session a minimum of 40 hours a week while in Washington.

"A work week in Washington should be no different than a work week in every other town across the nation," Jolly said after filing the measure.

Earlier this year, Jolly also introduced the Stop Act, which would ban Members of Congress from personally asking people for money. Jolly says the Stop Act is needed because too many in Congress spend more time raising money than doing the job they were elected to do.

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