Rep. Spanberger of Virginia is calling for the House's chief administrative officer to prepare to withhold pay for members of Congress until the looming crisis over the debt ceiling is resolved.
Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia is calling for the House's chief administrative officer to prepare to withhold pay for members of Congress until the looming crisis over the"If the American people and the American economy are suffering as a result of congressional inaction, then Members of Congress should not be rewarded with their pay," Spanberger wrote in a
"As we quickly approach a default, Congress is failing to protect seniors, servicemembers, Veterans, and all Americans who would be impacted by a default," she wrote, adding that"hyper-partisanship in Congress is jeopardizing the economic strength and security of our country, the stability of global markets, and the world's faith in the credit of the United States of America.
But the president and the GOP leader have been engaged in a stand-off over how to avoid default, with Mr. Biden and congressional Democrats warning they will only accept a"clean" bill that solely raises the nation's borrowing authority. Republicans, however, are pushing to pair a debt-limit increase with cuts to federal spending.
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