(01-23-2019, 11:53 AM)Valles Wrote: The problem with blocking congressional pay is that not all congresscritters are personally rich - but some of them are. McConnell is worth 27 million; he can lose his salary and laugh. Representative Mark Pryor (D - Arkansas) has only fifteen thousand in the bank. In a situation like this, living in DC with all its prices, which of them will be under more personal pressure to fold?
Easily resolved the same way excessive negotiations by the cardinals when looking for a new Pope is. Just shove them all into the same building and the longer a shutdown goes on the worse the conditions get, until all they're getting is a shower and fresh clothes every day, water, and bread.
Also, I'm surprised that Congress hasn't decided to establish government living quarters for the Congresscritters yet, roomy enough to work and live in without excessive frills and free to said congresscritters. Want better/larger? Pay for it yourselves.