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The No Budget, No Pay Act, point no. 1 in No Labels’ Make Congress Work! action plan, is based on a simple concept: If Congress can’t fulfill one of its most basic responsibilities, it shouldn’t get paid.
Which lawmakers are sitting together at the State of the Union this year?
Read the recap of our proposed reform ideas, that if implemented will help make Congress work again.
Washington is in dire need of reform -- and today No Labels will begin its effort to provide solutions to problems in American government.
Is your representative holding a public town hall meeting this August recess? No Labels called every office, and only 44% are scheduling open town hall meetings.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard us say the words “congressional pay” a few dozen times now…or maybe a few hundred. But what does it actually mean? Here’s a mini history lesson on congressional pay. So sit back, grab your lunchbox and pretend you’re back in Mrs. Creighton’s fourth-grade class.
Congress can agree on honoring Holocaust heroes, sports superstars, civil rights activists and famous authors. But highway bills, tax cuts, budgets and the postal service? Good luck getting any of that passed in these hallowed halls.
No Labels is high-fiving Congress for working together for the common good and for the country by passing the STOCK Act in a bipartisan manner -- the vote was 96-3 in the Senate.
We at No Labels are working very hard to create positive change in our increasingly dysfunctional Congress. Our Make Congress Work plan is a great step in that direction.
“Thank you.” Those words are rarely heard in the rough-and-tumble world that consumes Capitol Hill. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be. There are times when members of Congress deserve a “thank you” for true acts of courage. Now is one of those times.
