Government Shutdown

[robkelk]

Quite frankly, the USA might well benefit from a law that says 'a government agency was shut down by a failure to pass an appropriations bill? No bill may pass the legislature until the government is fully funded, write out immediate emergency elections for the replacement of the entire responsible legislature (upper and lower chambers) and if this isn't the first shut down on an elected official's watch they may not be elected during the emergency election or the next election cycle for any position.'

What you're asking for here is a motion of no confidence (although you're a bit more punitive with your "may not be elected" clause.) It appears to work well in Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It doesn't appear to work so well in Italy. Wikipedia link

In Canada, every budget vote is a vote of confidence, by law. When one fails, an election campaign begins immediately.