As you know,
2 U.S.C. Section 39 reads:
The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives), respectively,
shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the Senate or House, respectively, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
What part of shall does the Senate Ethics Committee not understand?
And this so-called dead law was last
amended in 1981 and 1996.
Typical liberals. A clear statute applies unless it applies to them. Remember Algore's "no controlling legal authority" other than a statute directly on point argument about his fundraising activities?
How do you plan on getting standing to sue?
The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives), respectively, shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the Senate or House, respectively, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
The only problem with this statement is that rules only apply to the Republican party. The RATs are exempt from any law that would harm their publicity or pocketbook.