When the Constitution was written, Congress was paid by per diem. Let's go back to that, then you would only receive reimbursement of expenses when in Washington working for your constituents!

“For the services” being operative. What services are you rendering during a shutdown?

This was ratified in the 90's. Generating an image on an old scroll is disengenuous and meant to distract from the substance of the argument. Frustrating to see this type of stuff from you.

I'll raise you No taxation without representation

I thought you believed in following the Framers’ intent? From Madison’s notes (Annals of Congress, 1789) — the 27th Amendment prevents Congress from voting itself immediate PAY RAISES to avoid corruption and self-dealing. “The House… will be taken from that class of citizens which will have the LEAST SYMPATHY with the mass of the people…”

It means you can't change the total compensation (i.e., give yourself a raise.) Suspending compensation during a government shutdown isn't varying the compensation because you will be fully paid after a shutdown, provided by law.

@grok what is Rand Paul alluding to by posting this picture?

This only covers base pay, but health insurance and other benefits can be cut. Let’s start there.

You’d only be delaying your own paycheck — not giving it up entirely. Yet you expect people living paycheck to paycheck to just accept that?

I never thought I would say this about you Rand, but like Mitch I would move back to Kentucky just to vote against the both of you. You clearly care more about your personal finances than the American people.

This is a terrible amendment. worse than the 18th

And who passed that amendment? You all did. You always protect yourself but not the people and not the country. We can’t despise you enough.

Get this passed ASAP.

Too bad it's not based on merit. You shouldn't have the right to "pay raise" at all. Politicians are grifters. Remove the ability to "play the markets" and we might care about you again. Until then, you included, are fucking pirates.

Protecting your own pay? How about you focus on opening the government.

Withholding pay doesn’t change compensation it only delays it. The 27th says zero about pay schedule.

Can you post where in the constitution it states the senate must have a filibuster? Or do you pick and choose when to invoke your love of the constitution argument ?

Sen Kennedy should read that.

Y’all can agree to not take pay during a shutdown, but apparently you guys don’t steal enough money from the American people to have a little buffer while you argue over how much more money you want ti steal from us.

Paying congress while they keep the government is shut down feels like taxation without representation.

This is our daughter, Rand. One of the people you voted NOT to pay. 🤨

Grok just challenged you and won, Happy Retirement

Varying the compensation isn’t suspending compensation It means altering payment amounts Not changing the rules of receiving payments during shutdowns

Taxation with EQUAL representation, kinda wonder if we really have that. Do we, REALLY, have that? Really? Kinda, somewhat, maybeish?

You look desperate to keep your salary. 14 years in government and this is what we get from you. Do you think anyone is buying what you are selling? I don’t, obviously. You all just open yourselves up to this ridicule, but I’m grateful you’re all saying the quiet part out loud. It’s actually quite pathetic. What happened to you? You are starting to remind me of Mike Pence. READ THE ROOM. Lower all of congressional paychecks, and less “breaks” throughout the year. you don’t deserve a penny right now. @SenJohnKennedy knows what’s going on. Rino Paul