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Arrington, Axne Introduce “No Budget, No Recess Act”

Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Congresswoman Cindy Axne (D-IA) introduced the No Budget, No Recess Act, legislation that would improve the congressional budget process by requiring Members of Congress to stay at work in Washington until they fulfill their budgetary duties for the year. H.R. 1059, the No Budget, No Recess Act, would prevent Members of Congress from leaving town without passing a budget by April 15^th each year and completing the appropriations process by the end of the fiscal year. Representative Arrington: “Every year for the past twenty years, Congress has failed to meet its most basic responsibility to fund the government on time. To add insult to injury, Members of Congress are allowed to go home on recess before finishing the job that they were hired to do” said Arrington. “There is not a single business, local government or family in our country that can operate this way, and Congress should be held to the same standards and play by the same set of rules as the American people. “To prevent Congress from skipping town before passing a budget, I introduced the ‘No Budget, No Recess Act.’ This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would ensure that Members of Congress do their job before they are allowed to go home. I want to thank Representative Axne for joining me to introduce this common sense legislation and I look forward to working with her in our shared mission to fix the broken congressional budget process.” Representative Axne: “In Iowa, if you don’t finish the job, you don’t go home” said Axne. “Proud to work with Rep. Arrington on bipartisan legislation that prevents lawmakers from packing up and going home without passing a budget.”

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Congressman Jodey Arrington is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives serving the Nineteenth Congressional District of Texas. He serves as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Congresswoman Cindy Axne is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives serving the Third Congressional District of Iowa. She serves as a member of the House Agriculture Committee and the House Financial Services Committee.