{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=8f1cf31e-47f5-46b7-a0b8-ce5af1d1245a", "Heller Files \u201cNo Budget, No Pay\u201d as Amendment to Debt Limit Bill", "2013-10-10", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Dean Heller", "H001041", "www.heller.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) filed \u201cNo Budget, No Pay\u201d as an amendment to S. 1569, the Debt Limit bill. This legislation requires Members of Congress to pass a concurrent budget resolution and all twelve appropriations bills by the end of the fiscal year in order to receive pay. \r\n\u201cNo Budget, No Pay is designed to prevent exactly what is occurring in Washington, D.C. right now. By forcing Congress to be held accountable and requiring them to do their job - which is to pass a budget and spending bills on time - we can put a stop to this reckless pattern of governing from crisis to crisis. \r\n\u201cWith No Budget, No Pay, it wouldn\u2019t be the American people who bear the brunt of a government shutdown if Congress doesn\u2019t pay its bill. It would be Members of Congress. Washington, D.C. remains a pain free zone while veterans are left wondering if they will receive their benefits, Nevadans are unable to report for work in national parks, and dedicated federal employees are unsure when their next paycheck will arrive. Passing legislation that holds Members of Congress accountable for doing their job is a good place to start to break the cycle of irresponsible budgeting,\u201d said Senator Dean Heller.\r\nHeller reintroduced \u201cNo Budget, No Pay\u201d in the 113th Congress on January 23, 2013. This version of \u201cNo Budget, No Pay\u201d requires both chambers of Congress to pass a concurrent budget resolution and all appropriations bills by the beginning of any fiscal year in order to receive pay. Congress adopted a version of \u201cNo Budget, No Pay\u201d at the end of January. That measure did not require the House and Senate to go to conference or pass any of their appropriations bills.\r\nIn April 2013, after both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed their own budgets, Heller wrote a letter to the Chairman and Chairwoman of the House of Representatives and Senate Budget Committees urging them to go to conference. In the letter, which you can read here, Heller asked both chambers to come together and agree on a final, bicameral budget resolution.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=8f1cf31e-47f5-46b7-a0b8-ce5af1d1245a"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0154000483453274, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}