Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA) announced the introduction of the No Budget, No Pay Act. This bipartisan legislation would prevent Congress from being paid unless it does its job and passes a budget and all 12 appropriations bills on time.
Prevent Congress from being paid unless it passes a budget and all 12 appropriations bills on time.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Huizenga co-led a bipartisan resolution setting a 3% of GDP deficit target.
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The White House said Congress had blocked critical funding for months and was still pushing a new funding bill.
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President signed S. 2 into law, funding DHS, CBP, and ICE through FY2029.
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Public Law 113-3 required congressional salaries to be deposited in escrow if a chamber had not agreed to a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution by April 15, 2013, with release upon passage of a budget resolution or at the end of the 113th Congress.
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Roll Call 30 on H.R. 325 passed 285-144; the Clerk lists Huizenga (MI), Republican, Michigan, as voting Aye.
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GovInfo identifies Public Law 119-37 as making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, with short titles including Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 7148 as an enrolled bill, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, with last action date February 4, 2026, making further consolidated appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
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GovInfo identifies Public Law 119-86 as the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, also titled Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, published April 30, 2026.
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The White House said congressional Democrats had spent months blocking critical funding and quoted NumbersUSA saying Congress did not fund CBP and ICE through the regular appropriations process.
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The White House stated that on June 10, 2026, the President signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, providing funding to DHS, CBP, and ICE through fiscal year 2029.
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Huizenga's office said he co-led H.Res. 981 establishing a fiscal goal of reducing the federal budget deficit to 3% of GDP or lower, and quoted him saying the resolution sets a fiscal benchmark and emphasizes a disciplined budget process.
Assessments
The promised outcome was not fulfilled: Congress was not prevented from being paid unless it passed both a budget and all 12 regular appropriations bills on time. Evidence from FY2026 shows continued use of continuing appropriations, delayed consolidated appropriations, and targeted funding measures after the fiscal-year deadline, which is inconsistent with an enacted all-12-bills pay-withholding rule. Huizenga did support related budget-pay accountability, including voting for the 2013 No Budget, No Pay Act, and later advanced budget-discipline measures, but those did not deliver the full promised mechanism.
There is no evidence that Huizenga delivered the specific promised mechanism of withholding congressional pay unless Congress passed a budget and all 12 appropriations bills on time. The cited bipartisan deficit-resolution effort shows some budget-related activity, but it is materially different from the promised pay-withholding rule. The later evidence that Congress was still relying on separate funding measures in June 2026 cuts against any claim that this promise was fulfilled. Because the record here shows related fiscal advocacy but not a serious documented push of the exact policy or its enactment, this is best judged as not delivered rather than partial delivery.