Boehner: "No Budget, No Pay"

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House Republican leaders Friday offered President Barack Obama a three-month reprieve to a looming, market-rattling debt crisis, backing off demands that any immediate extension of the government's borrowing authority be accompanied by stiff spending cuts.

But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are claiming there’s a problem – they say it’s unconstitutional.
In an effort to break the partisan deadlock, GOP leaders on Friday pitched an ultimatum aimed at the Democrat-controlled Senate. The plan, dubbed “no budget, no pay,” allows the government to get three more months of borrowing authority, with no immediate spending cuts required, in exchange for having to pass a budget within that time. If senators fail to do so, they will be denied their federal paychecks.

"Chairman Paul Ryan has worked hard with the Budget Committee to outline the kind of reforms we'd put in place to bring real fiscal responsibility here to Washington," the speaker said. "And I think the American people understand you can't continue to spend money that you don't have. It's time for us to come to a plan that will in fact balance the budget over the next 10 years. It's our commitment to the American people."

SOURCE 1: Boehner: "no budget, no pay" - NorthJersey.com
SOURCE 2: Lawmakers call House Republicans' 'no budget, no pay' plan 'unconstitutional' | Fox News
SOURCE 3: Boehner announces goal of balancing budget in 10 years ? CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Holy shit. Boehner grew some balls.
I LOVE this idea! Get your shit together or don't get paid. Why didn't they come up with this 4 years ago?
 

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