WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) attempted to pass his resolution to withhold senators' pay during government shutdowns via unanimous consent on Sunday, but Senate Democrats objected and blocked the resolution.
"And here is what my resolution would do: It would change Senate rules to provide that, when we are in a shutdown, that Senators cannot be paid, cannot receive their salaries. Their checks would be-think of it this way, Mr. President-locked in a vault. And once the shutdown is over, the Senators could pick them up," Kennedy explained.
"This resolution-again, it is not a bill-is about shared sacrifice. And I am not doing it to punish anybody. I am not doing it ...