What the Senate has been doing (no budget) is the same as the average family writing checks with no entries in the check register. Never any attempt at keeping a balance. If the CFO of a publicly traded company tried that, he´d be in jail.

"Many senators are millionaires many times over, having sucked in millions thanks to their politics"

There, fixed that sentence for ya.

Are we really supposed to believe that these greedy people would sit by Idly while losing $174,000? Don´t bet on it. This is the silliest thing ever and another staged drama. These fools would no sooner vote themselves into "possibly lose money" situation, is ludicrous, and an insult to our intelligence.

Hopefully it would hurt, though I doubt it. Here´s a novel idea: earn your paycheck by doing your job. It you can´t do the job, quit and find one you can do; something like Walmart greeter or crash test dummy.

Maybe they should learn how to budget their money better so that they can deal with loss of a paycheck. Many ordinary citizens do it everyday thanks to the meddling of these puffed up fools.

I´m thinking this is an interesting idea. It´s too bad that we elect people who play games like this. But a loss of income will in fact bring a taste of reality to a group that has long tried to avoid it.

The dynamic could open a class divide in the Senate

My fear is that some of the less affluent conservative senators will be pressured to make compromises.

A class divide? Barry the uniter would never allow that to happen! I say no pay until you do your freaking job, which includes focusing on the debt too!

Problem is that the paycheck would just be held until later and never be taken away permanently. They should LOSE there pay for this period and never get it returned!!!!

Art

Possibly their millionaire & billionaire brethren & cistern of the world´s most exclusive club would take up a collection and donate to their 99 percenters(it´s only fair)

My RINO Congressman sent out a note announcing he voted for this. Of course, he did not send out a note announcing he had voted to raise taxes and not cut spending.

They make $174K a year, and have a net worth of $121K, or $145K? They have real problems and need Dave Ramsey to help them balance their personal finances.

They will get the pay no matter what. What we need is to take all they have been paid since the last time they did their jobs and passed a budget. Take all they have like they want to do to us.

Perhaps the handful of Senators who are "poor" could apply for restoration of salary and benefits on a need basis.

The House should have grounded AF-1 and 2 to keep jugears and mooch without transportation and that would have been more effective. Better still, add it to the ´no pay´ resolution.

Ughm, isn´t that the purpose of the bill? Give them incentive to do their damn job.

Senate pay could be delayed, but not lost.

Pay would be distributed at the end of the session rather than in regular checks. This means that pay for 2013 and 2014 would be received in January 2015. Ironically, this would put them into a higher tax bracket and they would have to pay their fair share of taxes levied against millionaires and billionaires.

The pay must be forfeited, not delayed.

#11 is right. We shouldn´t be stupid enough to elect someone Senator who hasn´t been successful in business and in life. There´s no reason anyone in the Senate shouldn´t be worth at least $1mm.

I should care about them? Do they care how higher taxes and Obamacare have hurt so many of us. I can´t begin to name all of the luxuries they have paid for by taxpayers.

Life isn´t fair. They can apply for food stamps.

If they aren´t going to do the job they were "hired" to do, why should they get paid? And I say it should be retroactive.