Rose: If fed workers don’t get paid, neither should Congress
As House and Senate members engage in delicate negotiations to prevent another government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Max Rose is busy pushing for legislation to spread the pain around in the event another one occurs.
Rose, a Democrat who represents Bay Ridge and several neighborhoods in Southwest Brooklyn, as well as Staten Island, is one of three House members introducing a bill to prevent members of Congress from getting their paychecks during government shutdowns if federal workers aren’t being paid.
During the recent 35-day shutdown, House and Senate members still collected their paychecks while workers in several federal agencies went without.