{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/11/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-the-ny-post-democrats-getting-paid-during-shutdown-is-pure-hypocrisy", "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT\u2026 Sen. Rick Scott in the NY Post: Democrats Getting Paid During Shutdown is \u2018Pure Hypocrisy\u2019", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott continues to fight for the passage of his No Budget, No Pay Act that makes it clear if Democrats in Congress fail to do their job of funding the government and cause another shutdown \u2013 therefore preventing our troops, federal law enforcement, and FAA from getting paid \u2013 then members of Congress shouldn\u2019t get paid either. Last week, Senator Scott pushed to pass this bill on the Senate floor during the shutdown, but the Senate Democrats blocked its passage, another example of their blatant hypocrisy. Since becoming a U.S. senator in 2019, Senator Scott has worked tirelessly to pass his No Budget, No Pay Act to hold members accountable for passing a budget, or forgo their pay, as part of his plan to make Washington work better for families in Florida and across the nation.\n\nSee more from Senator Scott in his recent speech HERE or excerpts from the New York Post article, GOP senators fume that lawmakers got paid throughout record-breaking shutdown: \u2018Pure hypocrisy,\u2019 below:\n\n\u201c\u2026The record-long shutdown forced thousands of government workers \u2014 including military personnel, federal law enforcement officers and air traffic controllers \u2014 to work without pay, while lawmakers continued to receive their six-figure salaries.\n\n\u2018Democrats just caused the longest shutdown in our nation\u2019s history and proved they\u2019re willing to deprive millions of hardworking Americans of their paychecks \u2014 members of our military, federal law enforcement, FAA, Capitol Police \u2014 all while cashing their own paychecks,\u2019 Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told The Post.\n\n\u2018And Dems have already said they\u2019re willing to do it again,\u2019 he added.\n\nThe bill has been referred to committee.\n\n\u2018It\u2019s pure hypocrisy,\u2019 Scott seethed of lawmakers cashing paychecks amid the shutdown. \u2018Our military and federal employees shouldn\u2019t be punished because Congress can\u2019t do its job!\u2019\n\n\u2018It\u2019s time to pass my No Budget, No Pay Act that says if we can\u2019t fund the government, members shouldn\u2019t get paid. Period.\u2019\u201d\n\nRead the full article in the New York Post HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/11/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-the-ny-post-democrats-getting-paid-during-shutdown-is-pure-hypocrisy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4670148957520723, "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"}