[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H50-H51]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SUSPENDING PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Oversight be discharged from further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2658), a bill which would suspend pay of Members of Congress 
during this Government shutdown and thereby force us to play by the 
same rules as the rest of the Federal Government, and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the guidelines consistently issued by 

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  successive Speakers as recorded on page 534 of the House Rules Manual, 
the Chair is constrained not to entertain the gentleman's request until 
it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships.

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