The great majority of our almost 4 million federal employees would be furloughed without pay.
But strikingly, one group of federal employees would not stop receiving their paychecks: members of Congress.
Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution requires that members of Congress be paid while in office.
What would it mean if those members of Congress who forced a shutdown of the government faced the same economic consequences as the average AFGE employee?
The division between making the plan and living the plan is not inevitable or universal.
Persons:
Rob Rosenthal, John E, Andrus, ” Everett Kelley, AFGE, ”, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Volodymyr Zelensky, Pell, aren’t
Organizations:
Wesleyan University, CNN, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Federal Drug Administration, Occupational Health, Safety Administration, Environmental, Agency, Parks, SNAP, WIC, American Federation of Government Employees, Pew Research Center
Locations:
Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, America