Article I of the constitution requires a budget. So how could “no budget no pay” be unconstitutional. Technically there is no money to pay their salaries.
There is nothing in the Constitution regarding budgets. The budget requirement under the law stems from the Budget act of 1974.
And the other day Newt addressed the pay issue. He said you couldn’t anybody’s pay because of the Constitution, but it can be withheld until the end of the session or perhaps the end of the congress (can’t remember exactly what he said). So that’s either January 2014 or at the latest January 2015. No budget-no pay does have teeth.
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